diff --git a/data/develop/makefile b/data/develop/makefile
index 30f3438386..e50b2b05f4 100644
--- a/data/develop/makefile
+++ b/data/develop/makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## BeOS Generic Makefile v2.2 ##
+## BeOS Generic Makefile v2.3 ##
 
 ## Fill in this file to specify the project being created, and the referenced
 ## makefile-engine will do all of the hard work for you.  This handles both
diff --git a/data/develop/makefile-engine b/data/develop/makefile-engine
index 03b8d6da02..3f184300f1 100644
--- a/data/develop/makefile-engine
+++ b/data/develop/makefile-engine
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ##	Does all the hard work for the Generic Makefile
 ##	which simply defines the project parameters
 
-##	Supports Generic Makefile v2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 2.2
+##	Supports Generic Makefile v2.0, 2.01, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
 
 #	determine wheather running on x86 or ppc
 MACHINE=$(shell uname -m)
@@ -351,9 +351,9 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o : %.CPP
 
 # rules to compile resource definition files
 $(OBJ_DIR)/%.rsrc : %.rdef
-	$(RESCOMP) -o $@ $<
+	cat $< | $(CC) -E $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) - | grep -v '^#' | $(RESCOMP) -o $@ -
 $(OBJ_DIR)/%.rsrc : %.RDEF
-	$(RESCOMP) -o $@ $<
+	cat $< | $(CC) -E $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) - | grep -v '^#' | $(RESCOMP) -o $@ -
 
 #	rules to handle lex/flex and yacc/bison files