diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c5daa43b2..9daf0110cb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ graph-size:
 		--file-size-csv $(GRAPHS_DIR)/file-size-stats.csv \
 		--package-size-csv $(GRAPHS_DIR)/package-size-stats.csv
 
+check-dependencies:
+	@cd "$(CONFIG_DIR)"; \
+	$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/graph-depends -C
+
 else # ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG),y)
 
 all: menuconfig