diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index d8e0ee9923..0376dca4c0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = \
 	--with-wext=no \
 	--enable-ifcfg-rh \
 	--enable-ifupdown \
-	--enable-ifnet
+	--enable-ifnet \
+	--disable-dependency-tracking
 
 dist-configure-check:
 	@echo "*** 'make dist' requires '--enable-gtk-doc --enable-introspection --with-libnm-glib'. ***"