diff --git a/tools/libxl/Makefile b/tools/libxl/Makefile
index 0358cea..79c585f 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/libxl/Makefile
@@ -25,11 +25,16 @@ LIBCONFIG_OUTPUT = $(LIBCONFIG_SOURCE)/.libs
 
 LIBXL_OBJS-y = osdeps.o
 LIBXL_OBJS = flexarray.o libxl.o libxl_dom.o libxl_exec.o libxl_xshelp.o libxl_device.o libxl_internal.o xenguest.o libxl_utils.o $(LIBXL_OBJS-y)
+LIBXL_HEADERS = flexarray.h libxl.h libxl_internal.h libxl_osdeps.h libxl_utils.h xen_uuid.h
+LIBXL_SRCS = ${LIBXL_OBJS:.o=.c} $(LIBXL_HEADERS) xl.c
 
 CLIENTS = xl
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: $(CLIENTS) libxenlight.so libxenlight.a
+all: $(CLIENTS) libxenlight.so libxenlight.a .deps
+
+.deps: $(LIBXL_SRCS)
+	$(CC) -MM $(LIBXL_SRCS) > .deps
 
 libxenlight.so: libxenlight.so.$(MAJOR)
 	ln -sf $< $@