diff --git a/boilerplate/Makefile.am b/boilerplate/Makefile.am
index 82aa80fcc..29ad015ac 100644
--- a/boilerplate/Makefile.am
+++ b/boilerplate/Makefile.am
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ libcairoboilerplate_cxx_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libcairo.la \
 	$(CAIRO_LIBS) \
 	$(CAIROBOILERPLATE_LIBS) \
 	$(NULL)
+libcairoboilerplate_la_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(cxx_boilerplate_lib) \
+	$(NULL)
 
 if CAIRO_HAS_DL
 libcairoboilerplate_la_LIBADD += -ldl
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 30a942da9..5edf70672 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ libcairo_la_SOURCES = \
 libcairo_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info $(CAIRO_LIBTOOL_VERSION_INFO) -no-undefined $(export_symbols)
 libcairo_la_LIBADD = $(CAIRO_LIBS) \
 	$(cairo_cxx_lib)
-libcairo_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(cairo_def_dependency)
+libcairo_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(cairo_def_dependency) $(cairo_cxx_lib)
 
 # Special headers
 cairoinclude_HEADERS += $(top_srcdir)/cairo-version.h