diff --git a/include/host-build.mk b/include/host-build.mk
index c0d62148e88..e0a2ec1493f 100644
--- a/include/host-build.mk
+++ b/include/host-build.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_UNPACK)),)
   define Build/Prepare/Default
   	$(PKG_UNPACK)
 	$(Build/Patch)
+	$(if $(QUILT),touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.quilt_used)
   endef
 endif
 
diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 7e475660aeb..fd5bb1ca061 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Kernel/Patch:=$(Kernel/Patch/Default)
 define Kernel/Prepare/Default
 	bzcat $(DL_DIR)/$(LINUX_SOURCE) | $(TAR) -C $(KERNEL_BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS)
 	$(Kernel/Patch)
+	$(if $(QUILT),touch $(LINUX_DIR)/.quilt_used)
 endef
 
 define Kernel/Configure/2.4
diff --git a/include/package-defaults.mk b/include/package-defaults.mk
index c9f8db10628..50554b3df51 100644
--- a/include/package-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/package-defaults.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_UNPACK)),)
   define Build/Prepare/Default
   	$(PKG_UNPACK)
 	$(Build/Patch)
+	$(if $(QUILT),touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.quilt_used)
   endef
 endif
 
diff --git a/include/quilt.mk b/include/quilt.mk
index aa0eda69194..8554f19c7f2 100644
--- a/include/quilt.mk
+++ b/include/quilt.mk
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ endif
 define Build/Patch/Default
 	$(if $(QUILT),rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/patches; mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/patches)
 	$(call PatchDir,$(PATCH_DIR),)
-	$(if $(QUILT),touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.quilt_used)
 endef
 
 define Kernel/Patch/Default
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ define Kernel/Patch/Default
 	if [ -d ./files ]; then $(CP) ./files/* $(LINUX_DIR)/; fi
 	$(call PatchDir,$(GENERIC_PATCH_DIR),generic/)
 	$(call PatchDir,$(PATCH_DIR),platform/)
-	$(if $(strip $(QUILT)),touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.quilt_used)
 endef
 
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