diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
index 67d131447631..b5115c6b22f6 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fi
 # Use the merged file as the starting point for:
 # alldefconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with Kconfig default
 # allnoconfig: Fills in any missing symbols with # CONFIG_* is not set
-make KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
+make $MAKE_ARGS KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=$TMP_FILE $OUTPUT_ARG $ALLTARGET
 
 
 # Check all specified config values took (might have missed-dependency issues)