diff --git a/make/topdir.mk b/make/topdir.mk
index 192008bb..35a8abd4 100644
--- a/make/topdir.mk
+++ b/make/topdir.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS ?= make
 
-all:
+all: config
 install:
 clean: topdir.clean
 distclean: topdir.distclean