diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d174e0804..b41057c56a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ $(if $(wildcard .xcompile),,$(eval $(shell util/xcompile/xcompile $(XGCCPATH) >
 	$< $(XGCCPATH) > $@.tmp
 	\mv -f $@.tmp $@ 2> /dev/null
 
-include .xcompile
-
 export top := $(CURDIR)
 export src := src
 export srck := $(top)/util/kconfig
@@ -122,6 +120,8 @@ else
 
 include $(HAVE_DOTCONFIG)
 
+include .xcompile
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_COMPILER_LLVM_CLANG),y)
 # FIXME: armv7/aarch64 won't build right now
 # NOTE: clang puts compiler-rt under lib/linux/libclang_rt.builtins-i386.a