--- a/applets/Kbuild.src
+++ b/applets/Kbuild.src
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ HOSTCFLAGS_usage_pod.o = -I$(srctree_sla
 applets/applets.o: include/usage_compressed.h include/applet_tables.h
 
 applets/applet_tables: .config include/applets.h
-applets/usage:         .config include/applets.h
+applets/usage:         .config include/applets.h include/autoconf.h
 applets/usage_pod:     .config include/applet_tables.h include/applets.h
 
 quiet_cmd_gen_usage_compressed = GEN     include/usage_compressed.h
