diff --git a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
index d9c499d6c226e04fe874094dd6cf890125fcead3..7aceaba617bd5e44f6e127cfb8a48b828f366346 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
+++ b/require-ess/tools/driver.makefile
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ export SRCS_Linux
 # Perform default database expansion of .substitions/.templates into $(COMMON_DIR)
 db_internal: $(COMMON_DIR)
 
+-include $(COMMON_DIR)/*.db.d
+
 define SUBS_EXPAND
 vpath $(notdir $2) $(dir $2)
 db_internal: $(COMMON_DIR)/$(notdir $(basename $2).db)