diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index 75184e679..6cd58509e 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 July 24, 2008
+- Correct the revision_check target so that it always checks the revision,
+  not just when src/svnrevision.h is not present.
 - Added Linux support for the CMakeLists. This meant downgrading them for
   CMake 2.4, since the distros don't seem to consider 2.6 stable yet.
   As a bonus, GTK+ is no longer a required dependency; now it's optional.
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d5abd7c7d..e64be73f1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -256,14 +256,11 @@ endif( NOT MSVC )
 
 # Update svnrevision.h
 
-add_custom_command( OUTPUT ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/svnrevision.h
+add_custom_target( revision_check ALL
 	COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tools/updaterevision/updaterevision . src/svnrevision.h
 	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
 	DEPENDS updaterevision )
 
-add_custom_target( revision_check ALL
-	DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/svnrevision.h )
-
 # Libraries ZDoom needs
 
 set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" "${FMOD_LIBRARY}" )