diff --git a/arch/s390/Kbuild b/arch/s390/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae4b010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+obj-y += kernel/
+obj-y += mm/
+obj-y += crypto/
+obj-y += appldata/
+obj-y += hypfs/
+obj-y += kvm/
diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index 0c9e6c6d..9d31847 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
 head-y		+= arch/s390/kernel/$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),head64.o,head31.o)
 head-y		+= arch/s390/kernel/init_task.o
 
-core-y		+= arch/s390/mm/ arch/s390/kernel/ arch/s390/crypto/ \
-		   arch/s390/appldata/ arch/s390/hypfs/ arch/s390/kvm/
+# See arch/s390/Kbuild for content of core part of the kernel
+core-y		+= arch/s390/
 
 libs-y		+= arch/s390/lib/
 drivers-y	+= drivers/s390/