diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.autoconf b/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
index 0b3ffa0..3fa4d50 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.autoconf
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 __all: tpl/include/autoconf.mk
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(shell grep -q '^CONFIG_VPL=y' include/config/auto.conf 2>/dev/null && echo y),y)
+__all: vpl/include/autoconf.mk
+endif
+
 include include/config/auto.conf
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call cmd,u_boot_cfg,-DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DCONFIG_TPL_BUILD)
 
+vpl/u-boot.cfg: include/config.h FORCE
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(call cmd,u_boot_cfg,-DCONFIG_SPL_BUILD -DCONFIG_VPL_BUILD)
+
 include/autoconf.mk: u-boot.cfg
 	$(call cmd,autoconf)
 
@@ -96,6 +104,10 @@
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call cmd,autoconf)
 
+vpl/include/autoconf.mk: vpl/u-boot.cfg
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(call cmd,autoconf)
+
 # include/config.h
 # Prior to Kconfig, it was generated by mkconfig. Now it is created here.
 define filechk_config_h