diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 27a072cffcb9..efb294568f28 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1317,6 +1317,16 @@ PHONY += scripts_unifdef
 scripts_unifdef: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/unifdef
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install
+
+# Many distributions have the custom install script, /sbin/installkernel.
+# If DKMS is installed, 'make install' will eventually recuses back
+# to the this Makefile to build and install external modules.
+# Cancel sub_make_done so that options such as M=, V=, etc. are parsed.
+
+install: sub_make_done :=
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tools