diff --git a/src/LaTeX.C b/src/LaTeX.C
index a37ee5b7ac..7590361926 100644
--- a/src/LaTeX.C
+++ b/src/LaTeX.C
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ void LaTeX::deplog(DepTable & head)
 			// On initial insert we want to do the update at once
 			// since this file can not be a file generated by
 			// the latex run.
-			head.insert(foundfile, true);
+			if (FileInfo(foundfile).exist())
+				head.insert(foundfile, true);
 			continue;
 		}