diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 86895602e55c1c13100fcf842e4f00b5facea4df..285f11635382b6c04659746815cecb705dfb2390 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
 ARCH = ppc
 endif
 
+# The "tools" are needed early, so put this first
+# Don't include stuff already done in $(LIBS)
+SUBDIRS	= tools \
+	  examples \
+	  api_examples
+
+.PHONY : $(SUBDIRS)
+
 ifeq ($(obj)include/config.mk,$(wildcard $(obj)include/config.mk))
 
 # load ARCH, BOARD, and CPU configuration
@@ -282,14 +290,6 @@ LIBBOARD := $(addprefix $(obj),$(LIBBOARD))
 # Add GCC lib
 PLATFORM_LIBS += -L $(shell dirname `$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -print-libgcc-file-name`) -lgcc
 
-# The "tools" are needed early, so put this first
-# Don't include stuff already done in $(LIBS)
-SUBDIRS	= tools \
-	  examples \
-	  api_examples
-
-.PHONY : $(SUBDIRS)
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_NAND_U_BOOT),y)
 NAND_SPL = nand_spl
 U_BOOT_NAND = $(obj)u-boot-nand.bin