diff --git a/package/mender-grubenv/Config.in b/package/mender-grubenv/Config.in
index 97f785ad3f..38da5b84fe 100644
--- a/package/mender-grubenv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mender-grubenv/Config.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MENDER_GRUBENV
 	  integrate with the GRUB bootloader.
 
 	  The following Grub modules must be selected for this package:
-	  loadenv hashsum echo halt gcry_sha256 test
+	  loadenv hashsum echo halt gcry_sha256 test regexp
 
 	  https://github.com/mendersoftware/grub-mender-grubenv
 
diff --git a/package/mender-grubenv/mender-grubenv.mk b/package/mender-grubenv/mender-grubenv.mk
index 07df25512c..d7bdcc99eb 100644
--- a/package/mender-grubenv/mender-grubenv.mk
+++ b/package/mender-grubenv/mender-grubenv.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ MENDER_GRUBENV_DEFINES = \
 
 # These grub modules must be built in for the grub scripts to work properly.
 # Without them, the system will not boot.
-MENDER_GRUBENV_MANDATORY_MODULES=loadenv hashsum echo halt gcry_sha256 test regexp
+MENDER_GRUBENV_MANDATORY_MODULES = loadenv hashsum echo halt gcry_sha256 test regexp
 MENDER_GRUBENV_MODULES_MISSING = \
 	$(filter-out $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_GRUB2_BUILTIN_MODULES)),\
 		$(MENDER_GRUBENV_MANDATORY_MODULES))