@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2008-2021 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
+#  Copyright (c) 2008-2022 Jonathan Schleifer <js@nil.im>
 #
 #  All rights reserved.
 #
 #  This file is part of ObjFW. It may be distributed under the terms of the
 #  Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE.QPL included in
@@ -293,19 +293,19 @@
 		fi
 		;;
 	esac
 	objs="$objs $obj"
 	build="no"
-	deps=$($OBJC -E -M $CPPFLAGS $OBJCFLAGS $i |
-		sed 's/.*: //' | sed 's/\\//g')
 
-	if test -f "$obj"; then
+	if test ! -f "$obj" -o "$i" -nt "$obj"; then
+		build="yes"
+	else
+		deps=$($OBJC -E -M $CPPFLAGS $OBJCFLAGS $i |
+			sed 's/.*: //' | sed 's/\\//g')
 		for dep in $deps; do
 			test "$dep" -nt $obj && build="yes"
 		done
-	else
-		build="yes"
 	fi
 
 	if test x"$build" = x"yes"; then
 		link="yes"
 		status_compiling $i