diff --git a/miscutils/Makefile.in b/miscutils/Makefile.in
index 7885c1638..6e1858476 100644
--- a/miscutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/miscutils/Makefile.in
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ endif
 $(MISCUTILS_DIR)$(MISCUTILS_AR): $(patsubst %,$(MISCUTILS_DIR)%, $(MISCUTILS-y))
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(patsubst %,$(MISCUTILS_DIR)%, $(MISCUTILS-y))
 
-include/bbconfigopts.h: $(top_builddir)/.config
-	$(top_builddir)/scripts/config/mkconfigs >include/bbconfigopts.h
+$(top_builddir)/include/bbconfigopts.h: $(top_builddir)/.config
+	$(top_builddir)/scripts/config/mkconfigs > $(top_builddir)/include/bbconfigopts.h
 
-$(MISCUTILS_DIR)bbconfig.o: include/bbconfigopts.h
+$(MISCUTILS_DIR)bbconfig.o: $(top_builddir)/include/bbconfigopts.h
 
 $(MISCUTILS_DIR)%.o: $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<