diff --git a/net/ieee80211/Makefile b/net/ieee80211/Makefile
index f988417121da..796a7c76ee48 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee80211/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ ieee80211-objs := \
 	ieee80211_wx.o \
 	ieee80211_geo.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC) += softmac/
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile b/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile
index d8c416bdddd7..bfcb391bb2c7 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC) := ieee80211softmac.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE80211_SOFTMAC) += ieee80211softmac.o
 ieee80211softmac-objs := \
 			ieee80211softmac_io.o \
 			ieee80211softmac_auth.o \