diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index a525112847fd2813ee8138c0aa58cae0772ca34e..3f7b451f39557a99cfd3a3e600e2f680cb5432b9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ src := $(obj)
 PHONY := __build
 __build:
 
+# Init all relevant variables used in kbuild files so
+# 1) they have correct type
+# 2) they do not inherit any value from the environment
+obj-y :=
+obj-m :=
+lib-y :=
+lib-m :=
+always :=
+targets :=
+subdir-y :=
+subdir-m :=
+EXTRA_AFLAGS   :=
+EXTRA_CFLAGS   :=
+EXTRA_CPPFLAGS :=
+EXTRA_LDFLAGS  :=
+
 # Read .config if it exist, otherwise ignore
 -include include/config/auto.conf