diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 571c71285277..14b04f106202 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
 AWK		= awk
 GENKSYMS	= scripts/genksyms/genksyms
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 CHECK		= sparse