diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index d74b3742fa5d8d38d0b3995d988119b8c8b15cf5..ad0a92f95af108ce86c0f852723f04e6c7e52632 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot/tools relocs
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := 32r2el_defconfig
+KBUILD_DTBS      := dtbs
 
 #
 # Select the object file format to substitute into the linker script.
@@ -385,7 +386,7 @@ quiet_cmd_64 = OBJCOPY $@
 vmlinux.64: vmlinux
 	$(call cmd,64)
 
-all:	$(all-y)
+all:	$(all-y) $(KBUILD_DTBS)
 
 # boot
 $(boot-y): $(vmlinux-32) FORCE