diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 243ee86cb1b1..f2051644de94 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY) += $(obj)/mem.o
 
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI) += $(obj)/efi.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_mixed.o
-vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
+vmlinux-libs-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) FORCE
+$(obj)/vmlinux: $(vmlinux-objs-y) $(vmlinux-libs-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin :=  -R .comment -S