diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/Makefile b/reactos/ntoskrnl/Makefile
index 57e55912044..00069e30169 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/Makefile
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.20 2001/03/15 18:37:29 dwelch Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.21 2001/03/15 18:49:17 dwelch Exp $
 #
 # ReactOS Operating System
 #
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ include $(D1_FILES)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M $< | $(EXE_PREFIX)depends$(EXE_POSTFIX) $(@D) > $@ 
 
 .%.d: %.S
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M $< | $(EXE_PREFIX)depends$(EXE_POSTFIX) $(@D) 
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -M $< | $(EXE_PREFIX)depends$(EXE_POSTFIX) $(@D) > $@
 
 include $(PATH_TO_TOP)/rules.mak
 
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/depends.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/depends.c
index 99708db9706..8678665b057 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/depends.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/depends.c
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
 
   i = 0;
-  while ((ch = fgetc(stdin)) != ':')
+  while ((ch = fgetc(stdin)) != ':' && ch != EOF)
     {
       buf[i] = ch;
       i++;
     }
   buf[i] = 0;
   
+  if (i == 0)
+    {
+      return(0);
+    }
+
   dot = strrchr(buf, '.');
   if (dot != NULL)
     {