diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index b1a2a283c..e46c53827 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1422,9 +1422,35 @@ BuildKernel() {
     if [ -d arch/%{asmarch}/mach-${Flavour}/include ]; then
       cp -a --parents arch/%{asmarch}/mach-${Flavour}/include $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
     fi
+    # include a few files for 'make prepare'
+    cp -a --parents arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/arm/tools/mach-types $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+
 %endif
     cp -a include $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/include
-
+%ifarch %{ix86} x86_64
+    # files for 'make prepare' to succeed with kernel-devel
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_32.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_64.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_common.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/stack.S $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/string.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.S $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/string.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/string.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/ctype.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+%endif
     # Make sure the Makefile and version.h have a matching timestamp so that
     # external modules can be built
     touch -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/Makefile $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
@@ -2043,6 +2069,9 @@ fi
 #
 # 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb  9 2016 Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
+- Let 'make prepare' succeed with kernel-devel
+
 * Tue Feb  9 2016 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@fedoraproject.org> 4.5.0-0.rc3.git0.2
 - Fix Power64 kernel build