diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8448077..2cfa91e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -407,7 +407,10 @@ ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
 include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 export KBUILD_DEFCONFIG
 
-config %config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
+config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
+	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux include/config
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
+%config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux include/config
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 
@@ -1380,7 +1383,10 @@ endif
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
 
 # Modules
-/ %/: prepare scripts FORCE
+/: prepare scripts FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
+	$(build)=$(build-dir)
+%/: prepare scripts FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir)
 %.ko: prepare scripts FORCE