diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index d9b984b8..344eba39 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ $(eval $(call try_include,$(MODDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
 $(eval $(call try_include,$(TOPDIR)/make/pre-local.mk))
 $(eval $(call try_include,pre-local.mk))
 
-include $(MODDIR)/make/platform.mk
 include $(MODDIR)/make/projects.mk
 
 ifeq ($(MAKE_BENCHMARK),true)
diff --git a/make/projects.mk b/make/projects.mk
index 73aba76f..264e68b5 100644
--- a/make/projects.mk
+++ b/make/projects.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # == Variables for inter-project-communication
 
+include $(MODDIR)/make/platform.mk
+
 # -- What do I know about myself?
 VERSION_FILE          := $(firstword $(wildcard VERSION) $(TOPDIR)/VERSION)
 ifndef DEVELOPMENT