diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index fa2c3fd3f..c4e31bee2 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ deps/.got:
 	$(REBAR) get-deps && :> deps/.got
 
 deps/.built: deps/.got
+	$(REBAR) recursive-deps
 	$(REBAR) compile && :> deps/.built
 
 src: deps/.built
diff --git a/plugins/configure_deps.erl b/plugins/configure_deps.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..181da0b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/configure_deps.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-module(configure_deps).
+-export(['configure-deps'/2]).
+
+'configure-deps'(Config, Vals) ->
+  {ok, Config}.
diff --git a/plugins/override_opts.erl b/plugins/override_opts.erl
index df875c556..1d321fc87 100644
--- a/plugins/override_opts.erl
+++ b/plugins/override_opts.erl
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 -export([preprocess/2]).
 
 override_opts(override, Config, Opts) ->
-    lists:foldl(fun({Opt, [Value]}, Conf) ->
+    lists:foldl(fun({Opt, Value}, Conf) ->
 			rebar_config:set(Conf, Opt, Value)
 		end, Config, Opts);
 override_opts(add, Config, Opts) ->
-    lists:foldl(fun({Opt, [Value]}, Conf) ->
+    lists:foldl(fun({Opt, Value}, Conf) ->
 			V = rebar_config:get_local(Conf, Opt, []),
-			rebar_config:set(Conf, Opt, [Value | V])
+			rebar_config:set(Conf, Opt, V ++ Value)
 		end, Config, Opts).
 
 preprocess(Config, _Dirs) ->
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 0b40ade57..3bce1bf06 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 {if_rebar3, {plugins, [rebar3_hex, {provider_asn1, "0.2.0"}]}}.
 {if_not_rebar3, {plugins, [
-                           deps_erl_opts, override_deps_versions, override_opts,
+                           deps_erl_opts, override_deps_versions, override_opts, configure_deps,
                            {if_var_true, elixir, rebar_elixir_compiler},
                            {if_var_true, elixir, rebar_exunit}
                           ]}}.
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 
 {if_version_above, "17", {cover_enabled, true}}.
 {cover_export_enabled, true}.
+{recursive_cmds, ['configure-deps']}.
 
 {post_hook_configure, [{"fast_tls", []},
                        {"stringprep", []},
diff --git a/rebar.config.script b/rebar.config.script
index b8eeaeb11..ed024f4a0 100644
--- a/rebar.config.script
+++ b/rebar.config.script
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ GenDepsConfigure =
 fun(Hooks) ->
 	lists:map(fun({Pkg, Flags}) ->
 			  DepPath = ResolveDepPath("deps/" ++ Pkg ++ "/"),
-			  {add, list_to_atom(Pkg), [{pre_hooks, [{'compile',
-			   lists:flatten(GenDepConfigureLine(DepPath, Flags))}]}]}
+			  Line = lists:flatten(GenDepConfigureLine(DepPath, Flags)),
+			  {add, list_to_atom(Pkg), [{pre_hooks, [{'compile', Line}, {'configure-deps', Line}]}]}
 		  end, Hooks)
 end,