diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index a3ac2c91331c..5e1dd493ce59 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ HOSTLOADLIBES_nconf	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 HOSTCFLAGS_nconf.gui.o	= $(shell . $(obj)/.nconf-cfg && echo $$cflags)
 
-$(obj)/nconf.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
+$(obj)/nconf.o $(obj)/nconf.gui.o: $(obj)/.nconf-cfg
 
 # mconf: Used for the menuconfig target based on lxdialog
 hostprogs-y	+= mconf
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ HOSTLOADLIBES_mconf = $(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$libs)
 $(foreach f, mconf.o $(lxdialog), \
   $(eval HOSTCFLAGS_$f = $$(shell . $(obj)/.mconf-cfg && echo $$$$cflags)))
 
-$(addprefix $(obj)/, mconf.o $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(obj)/mconf.o: $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
+$(addprefix $(obj)/lxdialog/, $(lxdialog)): $(obj)/.mconf-cfg
 
 # qconf: Used for the xconfig target based on Qt
 hostprogs-y	+= qconf