diff --git a/icu4c/source/stubdata/Makefile.in b/icu4c/source/stubdata/Makefile.in
index a0fc581f129..0df6c43545b 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/stubdata/Makefile.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/stubdata/Makefile.in
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in  $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	cd $(top_builddir) \
 	&& CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
+../common/unicode/platform.h: $(srcdir)/../common/unicode/platform.h.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
+	cd $(top_builddir) \
+	 && CONFIG_FILES=common/unicode/platform.h CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
+
+
 ifneq ($(ENABLE_STATIC),)
 $(TARGET): $(TARGET)($(STATIC_OBJECTS))
 	$(RANLIB) $@