diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df60aa1bfb53..1d1afa573299 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ AFLAGS		:= -D__ASSEMBLY__
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from .kernelrelease (if it exists)
 KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat .kernelrelease 2> /dev/null)
 
-export	KERNELRELEASE \
+export	VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE \
 	ARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC \
 	CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP MAKE AWK GENKSYMS PERL UTS_MACHINE \
 	HOSTCXX HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS