diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b2c939f289c2..b933b9f7517f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
 GENKSYMS	= scripts/genksyms/genksyms
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 PYTHON2		= python2