diff --git a/handle_deps b/handle_deps
index b308d13f5..3c6f3c798 100755
--- a/handle_deps
+++ b/handle_deps
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 obj="$1"
 exitcode="$2"
 
-dep="`echo "$obj" | sed -e 's:\.\(o\|gch\)$:.d:'`"
+dep="`echo "$obj" | sed -E -e 's:\.(o|gch)$:.d:'`"
 test -f "$dep" || exit $exitcode
 
 test -f .deps && rm -f .deps