diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c456cadafb..1e0e0927ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1224,8 +1224,8 @@ check-flake8:
 	| xargs -- python3 -m flake8 --statistics
 
 check-package:
-	find $(TOPDIR) -type f \( -name '*.mk' -o -name '*.hash' -o -name 'Config.*' \) \
-		-exec ./utils/check-package {} +
+	find $(TOPDIR) -type f \( -name '*.mk' -o -name '*.hash' -o -name 'Config.*' -o -name '*.patch' \) \
+		-exec ./utils/check-package --exclude=Sob {} +
 
 include docs/manual/manual.mk
 -include $(foreach dir,$(BR2_EXTERNAL_DIRS),$(sort $(wildcard $(dir)/docs/*/*.mk)))