diff --git sys/conf/kern.post.mk sys/conf/kern.post.mk
index 398dc7165984..6671be86bcaa 100644
--- sys/conf/kern.post.mk
+++ sys/conf/kern.post.mk
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ kernel-obj:
 
 .if !defined(NO_MODULES)
 modules: modules-all
+modules-depend: beforebuild
+modules-all: beforebuild
 
 .if !defined(NO_MODULES_OBJ)
 modules-all modules-depend: modules-obj