diff --git a/Makefile.custom b/Makefile.custom
index 5682a4b75..11141e71f 100644
--- a/Makefile.custom
+++ b/Makefile.custom
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 %.bflt: %_unstripped
 	$(CROSS_COMPILE)elf2flt $(ELF2FLTFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-busybox.links: $(srctree)/applets/busybox.mkll $(srctree)/include/applets.h
+busybox.links: $(srctree)/applets/busybox.mkll $(objtree)/include/autoconf.h $(srctree)/include/applets.h
 	$(Q)-$(SHELL) $^ >$@
 
 .PHONY: install
diff --git a/applets/busybox.mkll b/applets/busybox.mkll
index 2ad23f959..6d61f7e82 100755
--- a/applets/busybox.mkll
+++ b/applets/busybox.mkll
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 export LC_ALL=POSIX
 export LC_CTYPE=POSIX
 
-CONFIG_H=${1:-include/bb_config.h}
+CONFIG_H=${1:-include/autoconf.h}
 APPLETS_H=${2:-include/applets.h}
 $HOSTCC -E -DMAKE_LINKS -include $CONFIG_H $APPLETS_H |
   awk '/^[ \t]*LINK/{