diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bb0e3e706459..6c7d052a2ac8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 .SECONDARY:
 # Delete files that weren't built properly
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
-# Secondary expansion is required for dependency variables in object rules.
-.SECONDEXPANSION:
 
 RULES_NO_SCAN += libagbsyscall clean clean-assets tidy tidymodern tidynonmodern generated clean-generated
 .PHONY: all rom modern compare
@@ -330,7 +328,10 @@ endef
 # Calls SCANINC to find dependencies
 define C_SCANINC
 ifneq ($(NODEP),1)
-$1.o: $2 $$(shell $(SCANINC) $(INCLUDE_SCANINC_ARGS) -I tools/agbcc/include -I gflib $2)
+$1.o: $1.d
+$1.d: $2
+	$(SCANINC) -M $1.d $(INCLUDE_SCANINC_ARGS) -I tools/agbcc/include -I gflib $2
+include $1.d
 endif
 endef
 
@@ -359,7 +360,10 @@ endef
 
 define ASM_SCANINC
 ifneq ($(NODEP),1)
-$1.o: $2 $$(shell $(SCANINC) $(INCLUDE_SCANINC_ARGS) -I "" $2)
+$1.o: $1.d
+$1.d: $2
+	$(SCANINC) -M $1.d $(INCLUDE_SCANINC_ARGS) -I "" $2
+include $1.d
 endif
 endef
 
diff --git a/tools/scaninc/scaninc.cpp b/tools/scaninc/scaninc.cpp
index dcb16c0e7944..f5ee7ad6deeb 100644
--- a/tools/scaninc/scaninc.cpp
+++ b/tools/scaninc/scaninc.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #include <queue>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <fstream>
 #include "scaninc.h"
 #include "source_file.h"
 
@@ -38,15 +41,19 @@ bool CanOpenFile(std::string path)
     return true;
 }
 
-const char *const USAGE = "Usage: scaninc [-I INCLUDE_PATH] FILE_PATH\n";
+const char *const USAGE = "Usage: scaninc [-I INCLUDE_PATH] [-M DEPENDENCY_OUT_PATH] FILE_PATH\n";
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     std::queue<std::string> filesToProcess;
     std::set<std::string> dependencies;
+    std::set<std::string> dependencies_includes;
 
     std::vector<std::string> includeDirs;
 
+    bool makeformat = false;
+    std::string make_outfile;
+
     argc--;
     argv++;
 
@@ -68,6 +75,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             }
             includeDirs.push_back(includeDir);
         }
+        else if(arg.substr(0, 2) == "-M")
+        {
+            makeformat = true;
+            argc--;
+            argv++;
+            make_outfile = std::string(argv[0]);
+        }
         else
         {
             FATAL_ERROR(USAGE);
@@ -112,6 +126,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             {
                 path = include;
             }
+            dependencies_includes.insert(path);
             bool inserted = dependencies.insert(path).second;
             if (inserted && exists)
             {
@@ -121,8 +136,36 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         includeDirs.pop_back();
     }
 
-    for (const std::string &path : dependencies)
+    if(!makeformat)
+    {
+        for (const std::string &path : dependencies)
+        {
+            std::printf("%s\n", path.c_str());
+        }
+        std::cout << std::endl;
+    }
+    else
     {
-        std::printf("%s\n", path.c_str());
+        // Write out make rules to a file
+        std::ofstream output(make_outfile);
+
+        // Print a make rule for the object file
+        size_t ext_pos = make_outfile.find_last_of(".");
+        auto object_file = make_outfile.substr(0, ext_pos + 1) + "o";
+        output << object_file.c_str() << ": ";
+        for (const std::string &path : dependencies)
+        {
+            output << path << " ";
+        }
+
+        // Dependency list rule.
+        // Although these rules are identical, they need to be separate, else make will trigger the rule again after the file is created for the first time.
+        output << "\n" << make_outfile.c_str() << ": ";
+        for (const std::string &path : dependencies_includes)
+        {
+            output << path << " ";
+        }
+        output.flush();
+        output.close();
     }
 }