diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0ffbeb51942..344defd0f918 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1430,12 +1430,12 @@ tags: FORCE
 includecheck:
 	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
-		| xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkincludes.pl
+		| xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkincludes.pl
 
 versioncheck:
 	find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
-		| xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkversion.pl
+		| xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkversion.pl
 
 namespacecheck:
 	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/namespace.pl