diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 8f4486c4415b..eceff9b75b22 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot/tools relocs
 
 KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := 32r2el_defconfig
+KBUILD_DTBS      := dtbs
 
 #
 # Select the object file format to substitute into the linker script.
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ quiet_cmd_64 = OBJCOPY $@
 vmlinux.64: vmlinux
 	$(call cmd,64)
 
-all:	$(all-y)
+all:	$(all-y) $(KBUILD_DTBS)
 
 # boot
 $(boot-y): $(vmlinux-32) FORCE