diff --git a/include/host-build.mk b/include/host-build.mk
index 2cc1ec5842f..b7fb0a737f1 100644
--- a/include/host-build.mk
+++ b/include/host-build.mk
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
 	--target=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
 	--host=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
 	--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+	--disable-dependency-tracking \
 	--program-prefix="" \
 	--program-suffix="" \
 	--prefix=$(HOST_BUILD_PREFIX) \
diff --git a/include/package-defaults.mk b/include/package-defaults.mk
index 72f88b9bbbd..2cff26b5317 100644
--- a/include/package-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/package-defaults.mk
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
 		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
 		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		--disable-dependency-tracking \
 		--program-prefix="" \
 		--program-suffix="" \
 		--prefix=$(CONFIGURE_PREFIX) \