diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6dac4581474..e93371dfb4a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ exports += VERSION_MAJOR VERSION_MINOR PATCHLEVEL VERSION_RESERVED EXTRAVERSION
 exports += KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
 exports += ARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC CXX
 exports += CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP GDB
-exports += MAKE AWK INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON
+exports += MAKE AWK PERL PYTHON
 exports += HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
 exports += KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS ZEPHYRINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS LDFLAGS
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ define filechk_Makefile.export
 	echo "BOARD=$(BOARD)"; \
 	echo; \
 	$(foreach e,$(exports),echo $(e)=$($(e));) echo; \
-	echo "include $(O)/include/config/auto.conf";)
+	echo "include $(O)/include/config/auto.conf"; \
+	echo "-include $(srctree)/boards/$(ARCH)/$(BOARD_NAME)/Makefile.board";)
 endef
 
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