diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a87dc06587..179857d088 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ git-gui: windows/git-gui.sh
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 
-$(GITGUI_MAIN): git-gui.sh GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-GUI-BUILD-OPTIONS
+$(GITGUI_MAIN): git-gui.sh GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-GUI-BUILD-OPTIONS generate-git-gui.sh
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) generate-git-gui.sh "$<" "$@" ./GIT-GUI-BUILD-OPTIONS ./GIT-VERSION-FILE
 
 XGETTEXT   ?= xgettext