diff --git a/android/rule_builder.go b/android/rule_builder.go
index 48d070e..6f04672 100644
--- a/android/rule_builder.go
+++ b/android/rule_builder.go
@@ -367,10 +367,6 @@
 			sboxOutputs[i] = "__SBOX_OUT_DIR__/" + Rel(ctx, r.sboxOutDir.String(), output.String())
 		}
 
-		if depFile != nil {
-			sboxOutputs = append(sboxOutputs, "__SBOX_OUT_DIR__/"+Rel(ctx, r.sboxOutDir.String(), depFile.String()))
-		}
-
 		commandString = proptools.ShellEscape(commandString)
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(commandString, `'`) {
 			commandString = `'` + commandString + `'`
@@ -380,8 +376,13 @@
 		sboxCmd.BuiltTool(ctx, "sbox").
 			Flag("-c").Text(commandString).
 			Flag("--sandbox-path").Text(shared.TempDirForOutDir(PathForOutput(ctx).String())).
-			Flag("--output-root").Text(r.sboxOutDir.String()).
-			Flags(sboxOutputs)
+			Flag("--output-root").Text(r.sboxOutDir.String())
+
+		if depFile != nil {
+			sboxCmd.Flag("--depfile-out").Text(depFile.String())
+		}
+
+		sboxCmd.Flags(sboxOutputs)
 
 		commandString = sboxCmd.buf.String()
 		tools = append(tools, sboxCmd.tools...)
diff --git a/android/rule_builder_test.go b/android/rule_builder_test.go
index 6eba4f1..b484811 100644
--- a/android/rule_builder_test.go
+++ b/android/rule_builder_test.go
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@
 	FailIfErrored(t, errs)
 
 	check := func(t *testing.T, params TestingBuildParams, wantCommand, wantOutput, wantDepfile string, wantRestat bool, extraCmdDeps []string) {
+		t.Helper()
 		if params.RuleParams.Command != wantCommand {
 			t.Errorf("\nwant RuleParams.Command = %q\n                      got %q", wantCommand, params.RuleParams.Command)
 		}
@@ -518,13 +519,14 @@
 	t.Run("sbox", func(t *testing.T) {
 		outDir := filepath.Join(buildDir, ".intermediates", "foo_sbox")
 		outFile := filepath.Join(outDir, "foo_sbox")
+		depFile := filepath.Join(outDir, "foo_sbox.d")
 		sbox := filepath.Join(buildDir, "host", config.PrebuiltOS(), "bin/sbox")
 		sandboxPath := shared.TempDirForOutDir(buildDir)
 
-		cmd := sbox + ` -c 'cp bar __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/foo_sbox' --sandbox-path ` + sandboxPath + " --output-root " + outDir + " __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/foo_sbox __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/foo_sbox.d"
+		cmd := sbox + ` -c 'cp bar __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/foo_sbox' --sandbox-path ` + sandboxPath + " --output-root " + outDir + " --depfile-out " + depFile + " __SBOX_OUT_DIR__/foo_sbox"
 
 		check(t, ctx.ModuleForTests("foo_sbox", "").Rule("rule"),
-			cmd, outFile, outFile+".d", false, []string{sbox})
+			cmd, outFile, depFile, false, []string{sbox})
 	})
 	t.Run("singleton", func(t *testing.T) {
 		outFile := filepath.Join(buildDir, "baz")