diff --git a/make/defs-dirs.mk b/make/defs-dirs.mk
index 45682b6d..3e1bc613 100644
--- a/make/defs-dirs.mk
+++ b/make/defs-dirs.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ SUBDIRS_TO_ITERATE           = $(filter-out $(IGNORE_SUBDIRS),$(SUBDIRS))
 EXTRA_SUBDIR_TARGETS        ?=
 ALLOWED_SUBDIR_TARGETS      ?= all install clean distclean test link-in $(EXTRA_SUBDIR_TARGETS)
 
-SUBDIRS                     ?= $(ORDERED_SUBDIRS) $(filter-out $(ORDERED_SUBDIRS),$(FIND_SUBDIRS))
+SUBDIRS                     ?= $(dir $(wildcard $(addsuffix /Makefile,$(ORDERED_SUBDIRS)))) $(filter-out $(ORDERED_SUBDIRS),$(FIND_SUBDIRS))
 #SUBDIRS                    ?= $(filter-out $(ORDERED_SUBDIRS),$(FIND_SUBDIRS))
 #SUBDIRS                    ?= $(FIND_SUBDIRS)