diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3152d6377eb2..83a3185670f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 # Needed to be compatible with the O= option
 LINUXINCLUDE    := -Iinclude \
                    $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
-		   -imacros include/linux/autoconf.h
+		   -include include/linux/autoconf.h
 
 CPPFLAGS        := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)