diff --git a/client.mk b/client.mk
index af7776e44c..e8cbc625f1 100644
--- a/client.mk
+++ b/client.mk
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ $(CONFIGURES): %: %.in $(EXTRA_CONFIG_DEPS)
 
 CONFIG_STATUS_DEPS := \
   $(wildcard $(TOPSRCDIR)/*/confvars.sh) \
+  $(wildcard $(TOPSRCDIR)/application/*/confvars.sh) \
   $(CONFIGURES) \
   $(TOPSRCDIR)/CLOBBER \
   $(TOPSRCDIR)/nsprpub/configure \