diff --git a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
index d847edb45a8..2144866b7f1 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
+++ b/dlls/kernel/Makefile.in
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ EXTRASUBDIRS = messages nls
 
 kernel.res: $(MC_SRCS:.mc=.mc.rc)
 
-# Special rules for 16-bit resource files
+# Special rules for 16-bit resource and spec files
+
+krnl386.exe.spec.c: krnl386.exe.spec version16.res $(WINEBUILD)
+	$(LDPATH) $(WINEBUILD) $(DEFS) -N kernel -o $@ -M $(MODULE) -spec $(SRCDIR)/krnl386.exe.spec
 
 version16.res: version16.rc
 	$(LDPATH) $(WRC) $(DIVINCL) -o $@ -w16 -m -r $(SRCDIR)/version16.rc
 
-krnl386.exe.spec.c: version16.res
-
 ### Dependencies:
diff --git a/dlls/kernel/krnl386.exe.spec b/dlls/kernel/krnl386.exe.spec
index cb691aa6db5..c90fd949394 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/krnl386.exe.spec
+++ b/dlls/kernel/krnl386.exe.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-name	kernel
 rsrc	version16.res
 
 # 1-207 are the basic functions, those are (with minor variations)