diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95421654a16dea980e52017b46c539c53b251587..e5414f78e123b54ff75b5c04326ce378442145a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ export KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS := $(libs-y1)
 export KBUILD_LDS          := arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/vmlinux.lds
 export LDFLAGS_vmlinux
 # used by scripts/package/Makefile
-export KBUILD_ALLDIRS := $(sort $(filter-out arch/%,$(vmlinux-alldirs)) arch include scripts tools)
+export KBUILD_ALLDIRS := $(sort $(filter-out arch/%,$(vmlinux-alldirs)) LICENSES arch include scripts tools)
 
 vmlinux-deps := $(KBUILD_LDS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS)