diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 6cabf20ce66a..0c3dc983439b 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pound := \#
 dot-target = $(dir $@).$(notdir $@)
 
 ###
-# The temporary file to save gcc -MD generated dependencies must not
+# The temporary file to save gcc -MMD generated dependencies must not
 # contain a comma
 depfile = $(subst $(comma),_,$(dot-target).d)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 2045855d0b75..c8a4a033dc3e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ _hostcxx_flags += -I $(objtree)/$(obj)
 endif
 endif
 
-hostc_flags    = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(_hostc_flags)
-hostcxx_flags  = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(_hostcxx_flags)
+hostc_flags    = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(_hostc_flags)
+hostcxx_flags  = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(_hostcxx_flags)
 
 #####
 # Compile programs on the host
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 4b799737722c..12f6a331a8f3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -171,22 +171,22 @@ modkern_aflags = $(if $(part-of-module),				\
 			$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE) $(AFLAGS_MODULE),	\
 			$(KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL) $(AFLAGS_KERNEL))
 
-c_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
+c_flags        = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 -include $(srctree)/include/linux/compiler_types.h       \
 		 $(_c_flags) $(modkern_cflags)                           \
 		 $(basename_flags) $(modname_flags)
 
-a_flags        = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
+a_flags        = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(_a_flags) $(modkern_aflags)
 
-cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
+cpp_flags      = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(NOSTDINC_FLAGS) $(LINUXINCLUDE)     \
 		 $(_cpp_flags)
 
 ld_flags       = $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
 
 DTC_INCLUDE    := $(srctree)/scripts/dtc/include-prefixes
 
-dtc_cpp_flags  = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile).pre.tmp -nostdinc                    \
+dtc_cpp_flags  = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile).pre.tmp -nostdinc                    \
 		 $(addprefix -I,$(DTC_INCLUDE))                          \
 		 -undef -D__DTS__
 
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index b568a95d1f62..5a7ee3e5ed86 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # We cannot go as far as adding -Wpedantic since it emits too many warnings.
 UAPI_CFLAGS := -std=c90 -Wall -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
 
-override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
+override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 
 # The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.
 #