Index: utils/objfw-compile
==================================================================
--- utils/objfw-compile
+++ utils/objfw-compile
@@ -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