diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 532cb6559ce5f8f9826e92ff1e07b4dd18ffbf8d..259ac37342d18b110f8ad7aab502cd2ae9e6b7c7 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ nconf-objs     := nconf.o zconf.tab.o nconf.gui.o
 kxgettext-objs	:= kxgettext.o zconf.tab.o
 qconf-cxxobjs	:= qconf.o
 qconf-objs	:= kconfig_load.o zconf.tab.o
+gconf-objs	:= gconf.o kconfig_load.o zconf.tab.o
 
-hostprogs-y := conf gconf
+hostprogs-y := conf
 
 ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),nconfig)
 	hostprogs-y += nconf
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ ifeq ($(qconf-target),1)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(gconf-target),1)
-gconf-objs	:= gconf.o kconfig_load.o zconf.tab.o
+	hostprogs-y += gconf
 endif
 
 clean-files	:= lkc_defs.h qconf.moc .tmp_qtcheck \