diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 12d1123a07a..a384b41898f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
 # Modified for U-Boot
 # Bring in any U-Boot-specific include at the end of the file
 cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
-	(cat $<; $(if $(u_boot_dtsi),echo '\#include "$(u_boot_dtsi)"')) > $(pre-tmp); \
+	(cat $<; $(if $(u_boot_dtsi),echo '$(pound)include "$(u_boot_dtsi)"')) > $(pre-tmp); \
 	$(CPP) $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $(pre-tmp) ; \
 	$(DTC) -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
 		-i $(dir $<) $(DTC_FLAGS) \