diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index 7454600ab..3a22cf9f3 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -799,23 +799,23 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator::OutputUtilityRule(std::ostream& fout,
   std::string comment = "Rule to build Utility ";
   comment += name;
   std::string depends;
+  std::string replaceVars;
   const std::vector<cmCustomCommand> &ccs = t.GetCustomCommands();
   for(std::vector<cmCustomCommand>::const_iterator i = ccs.begin();
       i != ccs.end(); ++i)
     {
-      const std::vector<std::string>  & dep = i->GetDepends();
-      for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator d = dep.begin();
-	  d != dep.end(); ++d)
-	{
-	  depends +=  " \\\n";
-	  depends += *d;
-	}
+    const std::vector<std::string>  & dep = i->GetDepends();
+    for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator d = dep.begin();
+        d != dep.end(); ++d)
+      {
+      depends +=  " \\\n";
+      replaceVars = *d;
+      m_Makefile->ExpandVariablesInString(replaceVars);
+      depends += this->ConvertToOutputPath(replaceVars.c_str());
+      }
     }
-  this->OutputMakeRule(fout, 
-                       comment.c_str(),
-                       name,
-                       depends.c_str(),
-                       cc);
+  this->OutputMakeRule(fout, comment.c_str(), name,
+                       depends.c_str(), cc);
 }