diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
index 13324b4bbe23..515cc6a27477 100644
--- a/Kbuild
+++ b/Kbuild
@@ -47,12 +47,18 @@ $(rq-offsets-file): kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s FORCE
 
 # Check for missing system calls
 
+missing-syscalls-file := .tmp_missing-syscalls
+
+targets += $(missing-syscalls-file)
+
 quiet_cmd_syscalls = CALL    $<
-      cmd_syscalls = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(CC) $(c_flags) $(missing_syscalls_flags)
+      cmd_syscalls = DEPFILE=$(depfile) $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(CC) $(c_flags) $(missing_syscalls_flags); touch $@
+
+$(missing-syscalls-file): scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(rq-offsets-file) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,syscalls)
 
 PHONY += missing-syscalls
-missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(rq-offsets-file)
-	$(call cmd,syscalls)
+missing-syscalls: $(missing-syscalls-file)
 
 # Check the manual modification of atomic headers
 
diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index b2ab3b1d76b8..e2970421c1ff 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -275,3 +275,8 @@ syscall_list() {
 
 (ignore_list && syscall_list ${reference_table}) | \
 $* -Wno-error -Wno-unused-macros -E -x c - > /dev/null
+
+# For fixdep
+if [ -n "${DEPFILE}" ]; then
+	echo "${0}: ${0} ${reference_table}" >> "${DEPFILE}"
+fi