diff --git a/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl b/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl
index 920c29f59..86d4f28a4 100644
--- a/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl
+++ b/configure/tools/makeDependsTargets.pl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
 
 $depfile = $ARGV[0];
-$tempfile = $ARGV[0].temp;
+$tempfile = "$ARGV[0].temp";
 
 if (-f $depfile) {
     unlink("$tempfile");