diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index f77aab27d5..1d56f81778 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ endif
 
 # Eliminate duplicates in dependencies
 $(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES = $$(sort $$($(2)_DEPENDENCIES))
+$(2)_FINAL_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES = $$(sort $$($(2)_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES))
 
 $(2)_INSTALL_STAGING		?= NO
 $(2)_INSTALL_IMAGES		?= NO
@@ -539,6 +540,8 @@ $$($(2)_TARGET_CONFIGURE):	$$($(2)_TARGET_PATCH)
 
 $(1)-patch:		$$($(2)_TARGET_PATCH)
 $$($(2)_TARGET_PATCH):	$$($(2)_TARGET_EXTRACT)
+# Order-only dependency
+$$($(2)_TARGET_PATCH):  | $$(patsubst %,%-patch,$$($(2)_FINAL_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES))
 
 $(1)-extract:			$$($(2)_TARGET_EXTRACT)
 $$($(2)_TARGET_EXTRACT):	$$($(2)_TARGET_SOURCE)
@@ -578,7 +581,7 @@ $(1)-show-version:
 			@echo $$($(2)_VERSION)
 
 $(1)-show-depends:
-			@echo $$($(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES)
+			@echo $$(sort $$($(2)_FINAL_DEPENDENCIES) $$($(2)_FINAL_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES))
 
 $(1)-graph-depends: graph-depends-requirements
 			@$$(INSTALL) -d $$(GRAPHS_DIR)