diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
index 102a276f6ee..1adb974e695 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modbuiltin
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ __modbuiltin:
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
+# Create output directory if not already present
+_dummy := $(shell [ -d $(obj) ] || mkdir -p $(obj))
+endif
+
 # The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
 kbuild-dir := $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
 kbuild-file := $(if $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild,$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)