diff --git a/applets/Kbuild b/applets/Kbuild
index a966f6e..a6b0cf6 100644
--- a/applets/Kbuild
+++ b/applets/Kbuild
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 
 applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h include/applet_tables.h
 
-applets/applet_tables: .config
-applets/usage:         .config
-applets/usage_pod:     .config include/applet_tables.h
+applets/applet_tables: .config $(srctree_slash)include/applets.h
+applets/usage:         .config $(srctree_slash)include/applets.h
+applets/usage_pod:     .config include/applet_tables.h $(srctree_slash)include/applets.h
 
 quiet_cmd_gen_usage_compressed = GEN     include/usage_compressed.h
       cmd_gen_usage_compressed = $(srctree_slash)applets/usage_compressed include/usage_compressed.h applets