diff --git a/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+set(MASTER_LANG_FILE
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/english.txt
+)
+
 set(LANG_SOURCE_FILES
+        ${MASTER_LANG_FILE}
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/afrikaans.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/arabic_egypt.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/basque.txt
@@ -10,7 +15,6 @@ set(LANG_SOURCE_FILES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/czech.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/danish.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dutch.txt
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/english.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/english_AU.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/english_US.txt
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/esperanto.txt
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ foreach(LANG_SOURCE_FILE IN LISTS LANG_S
                     -s ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                     -d ${LANG_BINARY_DIR}
                     ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE}
-            DEPENDS strgen
+            DEPENDS strgen ${MASTER_LANG_FILE}
             MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE}
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
             COMMENT "Compiling language ${LANG_SOURCE_FILE_NAME_WE}"
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ add_custom_command_timestamp(OUTPUT ${TA
         COMMAND strgen
                 -s ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                 -d ${TABLE_BINARY_DIR}
-        DEPENDS strgen ${LANG_SOURCE_FILES}
+        DEPENDS strgen ${MASTER_LANG_FILE}
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         COMMENT "Generating table/strings.h"
 )