diff --git a/package/base/linux/linux.conf b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
index db905addb..75ac1d16f 100644
--- a/package/base/linux/linux.conf
+++ b/package/base/linux/linux.conf
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ main_lx_src() {
 		echo "Creating dependencies (e.g. for versioned symbols) ..."
 		eval $MAKE dep-files
 	fi
+	if [ $stagelevel -gt 1 ] && [[ $treever = 26* ]] ; then
+		echo "Creating scripts/* because external modules need it ..."
+		make scripts/
+	fi
 
 	echo "Clean up the *.orig and *~ files ... "
 	find -name '*.orig' -o -name '*~' | xargs rm -f