diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kbuild b/arch/arm64/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6465823b281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+obj-y			+= kernel/ mm/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET)	+= net/
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM)	+= kvm/
+obj-$(CONFIG_XEN)	+= xen/
+obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO)	+= crypto/
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index 61de992bbea3..dcbbd53b7f5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -136,11 +136,7 @@ KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET := $(shell printf "0x%08x00000000\n" $$(( \
 
 export	TEXT_OFFSET GZFLAGS
 
-core-y		+= arch/arm64/kernel/ arch/arm64/mm/
-core-$(CONFIG_NET) += arch/arm64/net/
-core-$(CONFIG_KVM) += arch/arm64/kvm/
-core-$(CONFIG_XEN) += arch/arm64/xen/
-core-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO) += arch/arm64/crypto/
+core-y		+= arch/arm64/
 libs-y		:= arch/arm64/lib/ $(libs-y)
 core-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a