diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
index c8a3f9cd52f0..0b2ff775b2e3 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /conf
 /[gmnq]conf
+/[gmnq]conf-bin
 /[gmnq]conf-cflags
 /[gmnq]conf-libs
-/qconf-bin
 /qconf-moc.cc
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 0b1d15efaeb0..af1c96198f49 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ $(obj)/gconf: | $(obj)/gconf-libs
 $(obj)/gconf.o: | $(obj)/gconf-cflags
 
 # check if necessary packages are available, and configure build flags
-cmd_conf_cfg = $< $(addprefix $(obj)/$*conf-, cflags libs bin)
+cmd_conf_cfg = $< $(addprefix $(obj)/$*conf-, cflags libs bin); touch $(obj)/$*conf-bin
 
 $(obj)/%conf-cflags $(obj)/%conf-libs $(obj)/%conf-bin: $(src)/%conf-cfg.sh
 	$(call cmd,conf_cfg)