diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 4b623088bb..7dbaa73688 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ mainmenu "RIOT Configuration"
 # For now, get used modules as macros from this file (see kconfig.mk)
 osource "$(KCONFIG_GENERATED_DEPENDENCIES)"
 
-rsource "drivers/Kconfig"
-rsource "sys/Kconfig"
-
 # The application may declare new symbols as well
 osource "$(APPDIR)/Kconfig"
 
+rsource "drivers/Kconfig"
+rsource "sys/Kconfig"
+
 comment "RIOT is in a migration phase."
 comment "Some configuration options may not be here. Use CFLAGS instead."