diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0d7476a4c..3ca731394 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ ifneq ($(PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_FILE),)
 -include $(PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_FILE)
 endif
 
-include package/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/*/*.mk))
 
 include boot/common.mk
 include linux/linux.mk
diff --git a/boot/common.mk b/boot/common.mk
index b315fe839..3021e5194 100644
--- a/boot/common.mk
+++ b/boot/common.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include boot/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard boot/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.mk b/docs/manual/manual.mk
index 4906bc871..bcbedad57 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.mk
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.mk
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ $(1)-clean:
 .PHONY: $(1) $(1)-clean manual-update-lists
 endef
 
-MANUAL_SOURCES = $(wildcard docs/manual/*.txt) $(wildcard docs/images/*)
+MANUAL_SOURCES = $(sort $(wildcard docs/manual/*.txt) $(wildcard docs/images/*))
 $(eval $(call GENDOC,manual))
diff --git a/fs/common.mk b/fs/common.mk
index 36da2dd64..4dab7ea28 100644
--- a/fs/common.mk
+++ b/fs/common.mk
@@ -94,4 +94,4 @@ define ROOTFS_TARGET
 $(call ROOTFS_TARGET_INTERNAL,$(1),$(call UPPERCASE,$(1)))
 endef
 
-include fs/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard fs/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 025fd51ab..8508a5424 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ define LINUX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(LINUX_INSTALL_HOST_TOOLS)
 endef
 
-include linux/linux-ext-*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard linux/linux-ext-*.mk))
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))
 
diff --git a/package/efl/efl.mk b/package/efl/efl.mk
index f284c93be..1de68cf8f 100644
--- a/package/efl/efl.mk
+++ b/package/efl/efl.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 EFL_VERSION = 1.7.7
 
-include package/efl/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/efl/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/freescale-imx.mk b/package/freescale-imx/freescale-imx.mk
index 9f63ce342..c8f99b634 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/freescale-imx.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/freescale-imx.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ FREESCALE_IMX_VERSION = 1.1.0
 # No official download site from freescale, just this mirror
 FREESCALE_IMX_MIRROR_SITE   = http://download.ossystems.com.br/bsp/freescale/source
 
-include package/freescale-imx/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/freescale-imx/*/*.mk))
 
diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index ccba5e158..6654b5167 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -220,4 +220,4 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPT += \
 	--with-long-double-128
 endif
 
-include package/gcc/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/gcc/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-themes.mk b/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-themes.mk
index 6f31c6da9..fc66698a1 100644
--- a/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-themes.mk
+++ b/package/gtk2-themes/gtk2-themes.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include package/gtk2-themes/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/gtk2-themes/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk b/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
index abda91559..fff4add34 100644
--- a/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
+++ b/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX),y)
-include package/matchbox/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/matchbox/*/*.mk))
 TARGETS+=matchbox-lib matchbox-wm
 endif
diff --git a/package/opengl/opengl.mk b/package/opengl/opengl.mk
index 68df3b171..abf96d5c7 100644
--- a/package/opengl/opengl.mk
+++ b/package/opengl/opengl.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include package/opengl/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/opengl/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5.mk b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
index 9e71c83ce..fce0ca384 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5.mk
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 QT5_VERSION = 5.0.2
 QT5_SITE = http://download.qt-project.org/archive/qt/5.0/$(QT5_VERSION)/submodules/
-include package/qt5/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/qt5/*/*.mk))
 
 define QT5_LA_PRL_FILES_FIXUP
 	for i in $$(find $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib* -name "libQt5*.la"); do \
diff --git a/package/x11r7/x11r7.mk b/package/x11r7/x11r7.mk
index ea0363f6a..85ecbc596 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/x11r7.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/x11r7.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include package/x11r7/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/x11r7/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk b/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
index 4a220e0e0..149b8e5dc 100644
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ :=
 define suitable-host-package
 $(shell support/dependencies/check-host-$(1).sh $(2))
 endef
--include support/dependencies/check-host-*.mk
+-include $(sort $(wildcard support/dependencies/check-host-*.mk))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STRIP_sstrip),y)
 DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ+=host-sstrip