diff --git a/Source/cmUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index 62ae125f0..3165098f0 100644
--- a/Source/cmUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ void cmUnixMakefileGenerator::OutputUtilityRule(std::ostream& fout,
       for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator d = dep.begin();
 	  d != dep.end(); ++d)
 	{
-	  depends +=  "\\\n";
+	  depends +=  " \\\n";
 	  depends += *d;
 	}
     }