diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cf6783c2ec37a09f7eab3d771243e4219e616d5..ac509b25b701633d480ed095d23f61624ff24104 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -513,7 +513,8 @@ ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice
 # in parallel
 PHONY += scripts
-scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf
+scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf include/config/tristate.conf \
+	 asm-generic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@)
 
 # Objects we will link into vmlinux / subdirs we need to visit