diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85ad68846b..ea90c235f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ ALL_SUBDIRS=$(TARGET_DIRS) $(patsubst %,pc-bios/%, $(ROMS))
 
 recurse-all: $(SUBDIR_RULES) $(ROMSUBDIR_RULES)
 
+#######################################################################
+# QObject
+qobject-obj-y = qint.o qstring.o qdict.o qlist.o qfloat.o qbool.o
+qobject-obj-y += qjson.o json-lexer.o json-streamer.o json-parser.o
+qobject-obj-y += qerror.o
+
 #######################################################################
 # block-obj-y is code used by both qemu system emulation and qemu-img
 
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ net-obj-y += $(addprefix net/, $(net-nested-y))
 
 obj-y = $(block-obj-y)
 obj-y += $(net-obj-y)
+obj-y += $(qobject-obj-y)
 obj-y += readline.o console.o
 
 obj-y += tcg-runtime.o host-utils.o
@@ -152,8 +159,6 @@ obj-y += buffered_file.o migration.o migration-tcp.o qemu-sockets.o
 obj-y += qemu-char.o aio.o savevm.o
 obj-y += msmouse.o ps2.o
 obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o
-obj-y += qint.o qstring.o qdict.o qlist.o qfloat.o qbool.o json-lexer.o
-obj-y += json-streamer.o json-parser.o qjson.o qerror.o
 obj-y += qemu-config.o block-migration.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o