diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1de39a090b123d9c866cb39784fde915f37dbd4..241b0c5efc9156101ee37bc6b2081d502765ea52 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ obj-y += buffered_file.o migration.o migration-tcp.o net.o qemu-sockets.o
 obj-y += qemu-char.o aio.o net-checksum.o savevm.o
 obj-y += msmouse.o ps2.o
 obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o ssi.o
-obj-y += qint.o qstring.o qdict.o
+obj-y += qint.o qstring.o qdict.o qemu-config.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += tap-win32.o
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 9e70767c78ce88b87c02010c1e8239f0a74f0e6b..d9e98fe3c5891c07c6e0a1c93ee60039ef924efb 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_SOFTMMU
 
 obj-y = vl.o monitor.o pci.o loader.o isa_mmio.o machine.o \
-        gdbstub.o gdbstub-xml.o msix.o ioport.o qemu-config.o
+        gdbstub.o gdbstub-xml.o msix.o ioport.o
 # virtio has to be here due to weird dependency between PCI and virtio-net.
 # need to fix this properly
 obj-y += virtio-blk.o virtio-balloon.o virtio-net.o virtio-console.o virtio-pci.o