diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1d696e6f44..59cb892e30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1735,3 +1735,5 @@
 	  build time
 	* Makefile: Removed support for Pascal pcode interpreter.  Support for that
 	  interpreter has been moved to apps/interpreter/Makefile.
+	* tools/mkdep.sh: Should not report an error if there are no files on the command
+	  line.  This happens normally in certain configurations.
diff --git a/tools/mkdeps.sh b/tools/mkdeps.sh
index 7df4d00c6f..0aec5dba8f 100755
--- a/tools/mkdeps.sh
+++ b/tools/mkdeps.sh
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ if [ -z "$cc" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$files" ]; then
-  echo "No files specified"
-  show_usage
-  exit 2
+  # Don't report an error -- this happens normally in some configurations
+  echo "# No files specified for dependency generataion"
+  exit 0
 fi
 
 # Check if this compiler generates Cygwin/Linux paths or Windows paths