diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
index be2b70c4..612dc13 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.headersinst
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 
 quiet_cmd_install = INSTALL $(printdir) ($(words $(all-files))\
                             file$(if $(word 2, $(all-files)),s))
-      cmd_install = $(PERL) $< $(srctree)/$(obj) $(install) $(header-y); \
-                    $(PERL) $< $(objtree)/$(obj) $(install) $(objhdr-y); \
-	            touch $@
+      cmd_install = \
+        $(PERL) $< $(srctree)/$(obj) $(install) $(SRCARCH) $(header-y); \
+        $(PERL) $< $(objtree)/$(obj) $(install) $(SRCARCH) $(objhdr-y); \
+        touch $@
 
 quiet_cmd_remove = REMOVE  $(unwanted)
       cmd_remove = rm -f $(unwanted-file)
diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl
index f0ff9a3..68591cd 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_install.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 # headers_install prepare the listed header files for use in
 # user space and copy the files to their destination.
 #
-# Usage: headers_install.pl odir installdir [files...]
-# odir:    dir to open files
-# install: dir to install the files
-# files:   list of files to check
+# Usage: headers_install.pl readdir installdir arch [files...]
+# readdir:    dir to open files
+# installdir: dir to install the files
+# arch:       current architecture
+#             arch is used to force a reinstallation when the arch
+#             changes because kbuild then detect a command line change.
+# files:      list of files to check
 #
 # Step in preparation for users space:
 # 1) Drop all use of compiler.h definitions
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-my ($readdir, $installdir, @files) = @ARGV;
+my ($readdir, $installdir, $arch, @files) = @ARGV;
 
 my $unifdef = "scripts/unifdef -U__KERNEL__";