diff --git a/Mesh_2/GNUmakefile b/Mesh_2/GNUmakefile
index e602f9d1c3e..f0d9eee4f2c 100644
--- a/Mesh_2/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Mesh_2/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-.PHONY: all run test run-test demo examples clean update diff
+.PHONY: all run test run-test demo examples clean update diff dep
 
 
 all: run-test examples demo
 
+dep: 
+	$(MAKE) -C demo/Mesh_2 dep
+	$(MAKE) -C examples/Surface_mesher dep
+
 run-test:
 	${MAKE} -C examples/Mesh_2 run
 	${MAKE} -C test/Mesh_2 run
diff --git a/Mesh_3/GNUmakefile b/Mesh_3/GNUmakefile
index 033b9c91892..643c180180a 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Mesh_3/GNUmakefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ examples:
 
 dep:
 	$(MAKE) -C examples/Mesh_3 dep
+	$(MAKE) -C test/Mesh_3 dep
 
 test:
 	${MAKE} -C test/Mesh_3 run
diff --git a/Surface_mesher/GNUmakefile b/Surface_mesher/GNUmakefile
index 304c0096e5f..62044cbfdfe 100644
--- a/Surface_mesher/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Surface_mesher/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 .PHONY: all clean diff dist-clean doc doxygen examples test update run-examples \
-	run-test examples.clean test.clean run-all
+	run-test examples.clean test.clean run-all dep 
 
 all: test examples
 
+dep: 
+	$(MAKE) -C test/Surface_mesher dep
+	$(MAKE) -C examples/Surface_mesher dep
+
 # clean all object files
 clean: test.clean examples.clean