diff --git a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
index 8bc5b00fd9bb27936e7ae717c403585b983a382b..eb8161a18b1576882aed09f60e9421705c7e5499 100644
--- a/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
+++ b/qmake/generators/unix/unixmake2.cpp
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ UnixMakefileGenerator::writeMakeParts(QTextStream &t)
     }
 
     t << endl << "all: " << escapeDependencyPath(deps)
-      << valGlue(escapeDependencyPaths(project->values("ALL_DEPS")), " ", " ", "")
+      << valGlue(escapeDependencyPaths(project->values("ALL_DEPS")), " \\\n\t\t", " \\\n\t\t", "")
       << allDeps << endl << endl;
 
     ProString ddir;