diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index adddd11c3b3..4b8ae048376 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ endif
 # If the user is running make -s (silent mode), suppress echoing of
 # commands
 
-ifneq ($(findstring s,$(MAKEFLAGS)),)
+ifneq ($(filter s% -s%,$(MAKEFLAGS)),)
   quiet=silent_
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
index 5df26a9976a..fc871e719aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/Makefile
@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ $(obj)/zImage:	$(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 
 endif
 
+targets += $(dtb-y)
+
 # Rule to build device tree blobs
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts
-	$(call cmd,dtc)
+$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
 
 $(obj)/dtbs: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dtb-y))
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
index 4c4e58ef0cb..0c796cf8158 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ $(obj)/simpleImage.%: vmlinux FORCE
 DTC_FLAGS := -p 1024
 
 $(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call cmd,dtc)
+	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
 
 clean-files += *.dtb simpleImage.*.unstrip linux.bin.ub
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/boot/Makefile b/arch/openrisc/boot/Makefile
index 98ca185097a..09958358601 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/openrisc/boot/Makefile
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ clean-files := *.dtb.S
 
 #DTC_FLAGS ?= -p 1024
 
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts
-	$(call cmd,dtc)
+$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 15986e70799..8844a17ce8e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ $(obj)/treeImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits)
 	$(call if_changed,wrap,treeboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
 
 # Rule to build device tree blobs
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts
-	$(call cmd,dtc)
+$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
 
 # If there isn't a platform selected then just strip the vmlinux.
 ifeq (,$(image-y))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 5d986d9adf1..00c368c6e99 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ obj-dirs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-dirs))
 # already
 # $(modname_flags) #defines KBUILD_MODNAME as the name of the module it will 
 # end up in (or would, if it gets compiled in)
-# Note: It's possible that one object gets potentially linked into more
-#       than one module. In that case KBUILD_MODNAME will be set to foo_bar,
-#       where foo and bar are the name of the modules.
+# Note: Files that end up in two or more modules are compiled without the
+#       KBUILD_MODNAME definition. The reason is that any made-up name would
+#       differ in different configs.
 name-fix = $(subst $(comma),_,$(subst -,_,$1))
 basename_flags = -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR($(call name-fix,$(basetarget)))"
 modname_flags  = $(if $(filter 1,$(words $(modname))),\
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb.S: $(obj)/%.dtb
 	$(call cmd,dt_S_dtb)
 
 quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
-cmd_dtc = $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 $(DTC_FLAGS) $<
+cmd_dtc = $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 $(DTC_FLAGS) -d $(depfile) $<
 
 # Bzip2
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/dtc.c b/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
index cbc0193098e..451c92d31b1 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/dtc.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static void  __attribute__ ((noreturn)) usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t\t\tasm - assembler source\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-V <output version>\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t\tBlob version to produce, defaults to %d (relevant for dtb\n\t\tand asm output only)\n", DEFAULT_FDT_VERSION);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t-d <output dependency file>\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-R <number>\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t\tMake space for <number> reserve map entries (relevant for \n\t\tdtb and asm output only)\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-S <bytes>\n");
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	const char *inform = "dts";
 	const char *outform = "dts";
 	const char *outname = "-";
+	const char *depname = NULL;
 	int force = 0, check = 0, sort = 0;
 	const char *arg;
 	int opt;
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	minsize    = 0;
 	padsize    = 0;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hI:O:o:V:R:S:p:fcqb:vH:s")) != EOF) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hI:O:o:V:d:R:S:p:fcqb:vH:s"))
+			!= EOF) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'I':
 			inform = optarg;
@@ -125,6 +128,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'V':
 			outversion = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			depname = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'R':
 			reservenum = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
 			break;
@@ -188,6 +194,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	fprintf(stderr, "DTC: %s->%s  on file \"%s\"\n",
 		inform, outform, arg);
 
+	if (depname) {
+		depfile = fopen(depname, "w");
+		if (!depfile)
+			die("Couldn't open dependency file %s: %s\n", depname,
+			    strerror(errno));
+		fprintf(depfile, "%s:", outname);
+	}
+
 	if (streq(inform, "dts"))
 		bi = dt_from_source(arg);
 	else if (streq(inform, "fs"))
@@ -197,6 +211,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	else
 		die("Unknown input format \"%s\"\n", inform);
 
+	if (depfile) {
+		fputc('\n', depfile);
+		fclose(depfile);
+	}
+
 	if (cmdline_boot_cpuid != -1)
 		bi->boot_cpuid_phys = cmdline_boot_cpuid;
 
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/srcpos.c b/scripts/dtc/srcpos.c
index 2dbc874288c..36a38e9f1a2 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/srcpos.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/srcpos.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static char *dirname(const char *path)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+FILE *depfile; /* = NULL */
 struct srcfile_state *current_srcfile; /* = NULL */
 
 /* Detect infinite include recursion. */
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ FILE *srcfile_relative_open(const char *fname, char **fullnamep)
 			    strerror(errno));
 	}
 
+	if (depfile)
+		fprintf(depfile, " %s", fullname);
+
 	if (fullnamep)
 		*fullnamep = fullname;
 	else
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/srcpos.h b/scripts/dtc/srcpos.h
index bd7966e56a5..ce980cafe58 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/srcpos.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/srcpos.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct srcfile_state {
 	struct srcfile_state *prev;
 };
 
+extern FILE *depfile; /* = NULL */
 extern struct srcfile_state *current_srcfile; /* = NULL */
 
 FILE *srcfile_relative_open(const char *fname, char **fullnamep);
diff --git a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
index a5510903e87..aca33b98bf6 100644
--- a/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/genksyms/Makefile
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_lex.lex.o := -I$(src)
 # dependencies on generated files need to be listed explicitly
 $(obj)/lex.lex.o: $(obj)/keywords.hash.c $(obj)/parse.tab.h
 
+clean-files	:= keywords.hash.c lex.lex.c parse.tab.c parse.tab.h