diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
index 875fe81b7..95f8f7f70 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.vxWorksCommon
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ COMPILE.ctdt = $(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ctdt) $(INCLUDES) $(SOURCE_FLAG)
 VXCPPFLAGS = $(filter-out $(OP_SYS_INCLUDE_CPPFLAGS),$(CPPFLAGS))
 PREPROCESS.cpp = $(CPP) $(VXCPPFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $< > $@
 
+#--------------------------------------------------
+# Don't use gcc 2.x for dependency generation
+
+HDEPENDS_METHOD_2 = MKMF
+HDEPENDS_METHOD = $(firstword $(HDEPENDS_METHOD_$(VX_GNU_MAJOR_VERSION)) COMP)
+
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # Allow site overrides
 -include $(CONFIG)/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.vxWorksCommon