diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 55409b99af..3ee6abe026 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -483,13 +483,13 @@ include system/system.mk
 include package/Makefile.in
 # arch/arch.mk.* must be after package/Makefile.in because it may need to
 # complement variables defined therein, like BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR.
--include $(wildcard arch/arch.mk.*)
+-include $(sort $(wildcard arch/arch.mk.*))
 include support/dependencies/dependencies.mk
 
 PACKAGES += $(DEPENDENCIES_HOST_PREREQ)
 
-include toolchain/*.mk
-include toolchain/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard toolchain/*.mk))
+include $(sort $(wildcard toolchain/*/*.mk))
 
 # Include the package override file if one has been provided in the
 # configuration.
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ print-version:
 	./support/testing/run-tests -l 2>&1 | sed -r -e '/^test_run \((.*)\).*/!d; s//\1: *runtime_test/' | LC_ALL=C sort >> $@
 
 include docs/manual/manual.mk
--include $(foreach dir,$(BR2_EXTERNAL_DIRS),$(dir)/docs/*/*.mk)
+-include $(foreach dir,$(BR2_EXTERNAL_DIRS),$(sort $(wildcard $(dir)/docs/*/*.mk)))
 
 .PHONY: $(noconfig_targets)
 
diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk b/package/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
index bc886c78a2..22240bceea 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include package/gstreamer/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/gstreamer/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1.mk
index 5b748e33fb..8530ff027a 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gstreamer1.mk
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include package/gstreamer1/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard package/gstreamer1/*/*.mk))
diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index 48de1e71f2..dd07884c7e 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ $(error No prefix selected for external toolchain package $(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES
 endif
 endif
 
-include toolchain/toolchain-external/*/*.mk
+include $(sort $(wildcard toolchain/toolchain-external/*/*.mk))