diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ec53d947628d4dd919f84f348ab8223ef69b4e3..f01c247eba5832f21a23f543d8279cb6371092f3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ LEX		= flex
 YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 PYTHON3		= python3