diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index de9836e..db38ef4 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@
 builtin-target := $(obj)/built-in.o
 endif
 
+modorder-target := $(obj)/modules.order
+
 # We keep a list of all modules in $(MODVERDIR)
 
 __build: $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),$(builtin-target) $(lib-target) $(extra-y)) \
-	 $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m)) \
+	 $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),$(obj-m) $(modorder-target)) \
 	 $(subdir-ym) $(always)
 	@:
 
@@ -276,6 +278,19 @@
 endif # builtin-target
 
 #
+# Rule to create modules.order file
+#
+# Create commands to either record .ko file or cat modules.order from
+# a subdirectory
+modorder-cmds =						\
+	$(foreach m, $(modorder),			\
+		$(if $(filter %/modules.order, $m),	\
+			cat $m;, echo kernel/$m;))
+
+$(modorder-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
+	$(Q)(cat /dev/null; $(modorder-cmds)) > $@
+
+#
 # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file
 #
 ifdef lib-target
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 3c5e88b..8e44023 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 # o if we encounter foo/ in $(obj-m), remove it from $(obj-m) 
 #   and add the directory to the list of dirs to descend into: $(subdir-m)
 
+# Determine modorder.
+# Unfortunately, we don't have information about ordering between -y
+# and -m subdirs.  Just put -y's first.
+modorder	:= $(patsubst %/,%/modules.order, $(filter %/, $(obj-y)) $(obj-m:.o=.ko))
+
 __subdir-y	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-y)))
 subdir-y	+= $(__subdir-y)
 __subdir-m	:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(filter %/, $(obj-m)))
@@ -64,6 +69,7 @@
 extra-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(extra-y))
 always		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(always))
 targets		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(targets))
+modorder	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(modorder))
 obj-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
 obj-m		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-m))
 lib-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(lib-y))