diff --git a/runtime/tools/check-depends.pl b/runtime/tools/check-depends.pl
index 168c0cd..6f8c8af 100755
--- a/runtime/tools/check-depends.pl
+++ b/runtime/tools/check-depends.pl
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     # Parse body.
     while ( $i < @bulk ) {
         my $line = $bulk[ $i ];
-        if ( $line !~ m{^\s*0x[0-9a-f]+\s+\(([_A-Z0-9]+)\)\s+(.*)\s*$}i ) {
+        if ( $line !~ m{^\s*0x[0-9a-f]+\s+\(?([_A-Z0-9]+)\)?\s+(.*)\s*$}i ) {
             parse_error( $tool, @bulk, $i );
         }; # if
         my ( $type, $value ) = ( $1, $2 );