diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.autoconf b/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
index 0ade91642ae..8208ffe2274 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ vpl/include/autoconf.mk: vpl/u-boot.cfg
 define filechk_config_h
 	(echo "/* Automatically generated - do not edit */";		\
 	echo \#define CFG_BOARDDIR board/$(if $(VENDOR),$(VENDOR)/)$(BOARD);\
-	echo \#include \<configs/$(CONFIG_SYS_CONFIG_NAME).h\>;		\
+	$(if $(CONFIG_SYS_CONFIG_NAME),echo \#include \<configs/$(CONFIG_SYS_CONFIG_NAME).h\> ;) \
 	echo \#include \<asm/config.h\>;				\
 	echo \#include \<linux/kconfig.h\>;				\
 	echo \#include \<config_fallbacks.h\>;)