diff --git a/usr/dash/gendeps.pl b/usr/dash/gendeps.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..04a596b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usr/dash/gendeps.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Generate dependencies for *generated* header files.  Generated
+# header files have to use #include "foo.h" syntax.
+#
+
+($src, $obj, @build_headers) = @ARGV;
+%build_headers = map { $_ => 1 } @build_headers;
+
+open(GENDEPS, '>', "$obj/.gendeps")
+    or die "$0: Cannot create $obj/.gendeps: $!\n";
+
+opendir(DIR, $src) or die "$0: Cannot opendir $src: $!\n";
+while ( defined($file = readdir(DIR)) ) {
+    if ( $file =~ /^(.*)\.c$/ ) {
+	$basename = $1;
+	@hdrs = ();
+	open(FILE, '<', "$src/$file")
+	    or die "$0: Cannot open $src/$file: $!\n";
+	while ( defined($line = <FILE>) ) {
+	    if ( $line =~ /^\s*\#\s*include\s+\"(.*)\"/ ) {
+		$header = $1;
+		
+		if ( $build_headers{$header} ) {
+		    push(@hdrs, "\$(src)/$header");
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	close(FILE);
+
+	if (scalar(@hdrs)) {
+	    print GENDEPS "\$(obj)/$basename.o: ", join(' ', @hdrs), "\n";
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+closedir(DIR);
+close(GENDEPS);
+