diff --git a/makefiles/app_dirs.inc.mk b/makefiles/app_dirs.inc.mk
index d181aed5e3..f39f261065 100644
--- a/makefiles/app_dirs.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/app_dirs.inc.mk
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ RIOTBASE ?= .
 # 3. use patsubst to drop possible leading "./"
 # 4. sort
 APPLICATION_DIRS := $(sort $(patsubst ./%,%,$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(wildcard \
-	$(RIOTBASE)/examples/*/Makefile \
-	$(RIOTBASE)/tests/*/Makefile    \
+	$(RIOTBASE)/bootloaders/*/Makefile \
+	$(RIOTBASE)/examples/*/Makefile    \
+	$(RIOTBASE)/tests/*/Makefile       \
 	)))))
 
 info-applications: