diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 8e096e0d45d1c6a38fcb6c7fe71efc8232fdb658..debf8925f06f4539722f269529c32714ec2c5394 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for Linux samples code
 
-obj-y			+= kobject/ kprobes/ trace_events/ livepatch/ \
-			   hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/ rpmsg/ seccomp/ \
-			   configfs/ connector/ v4l/ trace_printk/ \
-			   vfio-mdev/ vfs/ qmi/ binderfs/ pidfd/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS)	+= binderfs/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONFIGFS)		+= configfs/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONNECTOR)		+= connector/
+subdir-y				+= hidraw
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HW_BREAKPOINT)	+= hw_breakpoint/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KDB)		+= kdb/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KFIFO)		+= kfifo/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KOBJECT)		+= kobject/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_KPROBES)		+= kprobes/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_LIVEPATCH)		+= livepatch/
+subdir-y				+= pidfd
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_QMI_CLIENT)		+= qmi/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_RPMSG_CLIENT)	+= rpmsg/
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_SECCOMP)		+= seccomp
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_EVENTS)	+= trace_events/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_PRINTK)	+= trace_printk/
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PCI_SKELETON)	+= v4l/
+obj-y					+= vfio-mdev/
+subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFS)		+= vfs
diff --git a/samples/seccomp/Makefile b/samples/seccomp/Makefile
index 00e0b5e90bd06297e944510ae4c0b337b9066d31..009775b52538160545b92cf379790d0da3ce470e 100644
--- a/samples/seccomp/Makefile
+++ b/samples/seccomp/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_SECCOMP) := bpf-fancy dropper bpf-direct user-trap
+hostprogs-y := bpf-fancy dropper bpf-direct user-trap
 
 HOSTCFLAGS_bpf-fancy.o += -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 HOSTCFLAGS_bpf-fancy.o += -idirafter $(objtree)/include
diff --git a/samples/vfs/Makefile b/samples/vfs/Makefile
index 4ac9690fb3c40dcac47ff8fd30a1ff6a1500ea16..a3e4ffd4c773a105cbd6ee56441111571c36e090 100644
--- a/samples/vfs/Makefile
+++ b/samples/vfs/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # List of programs to build
-hostprogs-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFS) := \
+hostprogs-y := \
 	test-fsmount \
 	test-statx