diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index ecab9dae84f..fc3b2e175d1 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 curdir:=tools
 
 # subdirectories to descend into
-$(curdir)/builddirs := sed sstrip ipkg-utils ext2fs squashfs mtd-utils lzma mkimage firmware-utils patch-cmdline pkg-config $(if $(CONFIG_CCACHE),ccache)
+$(curdir)/builddirs := sed sstrip ipkg-utils genext2fs squashfs mtd-utils lzma mkimage firmware-utils patch-cmdline pkg-config $(if $(CONFIG_CCACHE),ccache)
 
 # builddir dependencies
 $(curdir)/squashfs/compile := $(curdir)/lzma/install
diff --git a/tools/ext2fs/Makefile b/tools/genext2fs/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/ext2fs/Makefile
rename to tools/genext2fs/Makefile
diff --git a/tools/ext2fs/patches/01-remove_getline.patch b/tools/genext2fs/patches/01-remove_getline.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/ext2fs/patches/01-remove_getline.patch
rename to tools/genext2fs/patches/01-remove_getline.patch