diff --git a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
index 392d900914..e89b705d53 100644
--- a/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+++ b/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ def WriteAutoRegenerationRule(params, root_makefile, makefile_name, build_files)
         % {
             "makefile_name": makefile_name,
             "deps": replace_sep(
-                " ".join(SourceifyAndQuoteSpaces(bf) for bf in build_files)
+                " ".join(SourceifyAndQuoteSpaces(bf) for bf in sorted(build_files))
             ),
             "cmd": replace_sep(gyp.common.EncodePOSIXShellList(
                 [gyp_binary, "-fmake"] + gyp.RegenerateFlags(options) + build_files_args