diff --git a/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake b/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
index 91f17bccec..4c9c4891bf 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/kconfig.cmake
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function(__kconfig_init)
         externalproject_add(mconf-idf
             SOURCE_DIR ${src_path}
             CONFIGURE_COMMAND ""
-            BINARY_DIR "kconfig_bin"
+            BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/kconfig_bin"
             BUILD_COMMAND rm -f ${src_path}/zconf.lex.c ${src_path}/zconf.hash.c
             COMMAND make -f ${src_path}/Makefile mconf-idf
             BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${MCONF}