diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6b9ffc1bd1eed2..08053df16c7c87 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ $(foreach file, $(libfdt_files), \
 	$(eval CFLAGS_$(file) = -I $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt))
 lib-$(CONFIG_LIBFDT) += $(libfdt_files)
 
-lib-$(CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG) += bootconfig.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG) += bootconfig.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RBTREE_TEST) += rbtree_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTERVAL_TREE_TEST) += interval_tree_test.o