diff --git deps/build.ninja deps/build.ninja
index b5889fcb6..2c2e60196 100644
--- deps/build.ninja
+++ deps/build.ninja
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ rule gettext_build
       *.html` && $
       touch `find $
       . -name $
-      *stream*` $
+      *stream*.[ch]*` $
       && touch $
       `find . $
       -name $
diff --git deps/generate_build_ninja.py deps/generate_build_ninja.py
index 1aa310ff7..675eea7b3 100755
--- deps/generate_build_ninja.py
+++ deps/generate_build_ninja.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def gen_configure(n, prj, srcdir=None, configure='configure', flags=[], build_co
                                      'touch `find . -name *.3`',
                                      'touch `find . -name *.html`',
                                      # Prevent running moopp tool that requires GNU sed and refused to be configured to use gsed:
-                                     'touch `find . -name *stream*`',
+                                     'touch `find . -name *stream*.[ch]*`',
                                      # Prevent running msgfmt:
                                      'touch `find . -name *.gmo`',
                                  ] + default_build_commands + [