diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85eec4d33..fe3f13107 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
 GENKSYMS	= scripts/genksyms/genksyms
 INSTALLKERNEL  := installkernel
-DEPMOD		= /sbin/depmod
+DEPMOD		= depmod
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		= python
 PYTHON2		= python2