diff --git a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
index c53894a..b1b299c 100644
--- a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 # Auxiliary macros to build TF images from sources
 ################################################################################
 
-MAKE_DEP = -Wp,-MD,$(DEP) -MT $$@ -MP
+MAKE_DEP = -Wp,-MD,$1 -MT $2 -MP
 
 
 # MAKE_C_LIB builds a C source file and generates the dependency file
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 
 $(OBJ): $(2) $(filter-out %.d,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | $$$$(@D)/
 	$$(s)echo "  CC      $$<"
-	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cc) $$($(LIB)_CFLAGS) $$(TF_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) $(MAKE_DEP) -c $$< -o $$@
+	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cc) $$($(LIB)_CFLAGS) $$(TF_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) $(call MAKE_DEP,$(DEP),$(OBJ)) -c $$< -o $$@
 
 -include $(DEP)
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 
 $(OBJ): $(2) $(filter-out %.d,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | $$$$(@D)/
 	$$(s)echo "  AS      $$<"
-	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-as) -x assembler-with-cpp $$(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) $$(ASFLAGS) $(MAKE_DEP) -c $$< -o $$@
+	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-as) -x assembler-with-cpp $$(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) $$(ASFLAGS) $(call MAKE_DEP,$(DEP),$(OBJ)) -c $$< -o $$@
 
 -include $(DEP)
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 
 $(OBJ): $(2) $(filter-out %.d,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | $$$$(@D)/
 	$$(s)echo "  CC      $$<"
-	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cc) $$(LTO_CFLAGS) $$(TF_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(BL_CFLAGS) $(MAKE_DEP) -c $$< -o $$@
+	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cc) $$(LTO_CFLAGS) $$(TF_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(BL_CFLAGS) $(call MAKE_DEP,$(DEP),$(OBJ)) -c $$< -o $$@
 
 -include $(DEP)
 
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
 $(OBJ): $(2) $(filter-out %.d,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | $$$$(@D)/
 	$$(s)echo "  AS      $$<"
-	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-as) -x assembler-with-cpp $$(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) $$(ASFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(BL_ASFLAGS) $(MAKE_DEP) -c $$< -o $$@
+	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-as) -x assembler-with-cpp $$(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) $$(ASFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(BL_ASFLAGS) $(call MAKE_DEP,$(DEP),$(OBJ)) -c $$< -o $$@
 
 -include $(DEP)
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 
 $(1): $(2) $(filter-out %.d,$(MAKEFILE_LIST)) | $$$$(@D)/
 	$$(s)echo "  PP      $$<"
-	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cpp) -E $$(CPPFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) -P -x assembler-with-cpp -D__LINKER__ $(MAKE_DEP) -o $$@ $$<
+	$$(q)$($(ARCH)-cpp) -E $$(CPPFLAGS) $(BL_CPPFLAGS) $(TF_CFLAGS_$(ARCH)) -P -x assembler-with-cpp -D__LINKER__ $(call MAKE_DEP,$(DEP),$1) -o $$@ $$<
 
 -include $(DEP)