diff -urpN busybox-1.17.1/Makefile busybox-1.17.1-make/Makefile
--- busybox-1.17.1/Makefile	2010-07-25 00:13:44.000000000 +0200
+++ busybox-1.17.1-make/Makefile	2010-08-22 09:30:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -433,7 +433,12 @@ ifeq ($(config-targets),1)
 -include $(srctree)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 export KBUILD_DEFCONFIG
 
-config %config: scripts_basic outputmakefile gen_build_files FORCE
+config: scripts_basic outputmakefile gen_build_files FORCE
+	$(Q)mkdir -p include
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= .kernelrelease
+
+%config: scripts_basic outputmakefile gen_build_files FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p include
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts/kconfig $@
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) KBUILD_SRC= .kernelrelease
@@ -1285,9 +1290,13 @@ endif
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(build-dir) $(target-dir)$(notdir $@)
 
 # Modules
-/ %/: prepare scripts FORCE
+%/: prepare scripts FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir)
+/: prepare scripts FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1) \
+	$(build)=$(build-dir)
+
 %.ko: prepare scripts FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES),1)   \
 	$(build)=$(build-dir) $(@:.ko=.o)