diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e8f346..615b77a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -438,7 +438,11 @@ 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
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= .kernelrelease
+%config: scripts_basic outputmakefile FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include/linux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= .kernelrelease