diff --git a/mex/build/matlab/Makefile.am b/mex/build/matlab/Makefile.am
index abc2a3c0d..234b2e48c 100644
--- a/mex/build/matlab/Makefile.am
+++ b/mex/build/matlab/Makefile.am
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../../../m4
 
 # libdynare++ must come before gensylv, k_order_perturbation, dynare_simul_
-# libslicot must come before kalman_steady_state
 if DO_SOMETHING
-SUBDIRS = mjdgges kronecker bytecode libdynare++ gensylv k_order_perturbation dynare_simul_ logposterior logMHMCMCposterior kalman_steady_state
+SUBDIRS = mjdgges kronecker bytecode libdynare++ gensylv k_order_perturbation dynare_simul_ logposterior logMHMCMCposterior
 
+# libslicot must come before kalman_steady_state
 if HAVE_FORT
-SUBDIRS += libslicot
+SUBDIRS += libslicot kalman_steady_state
 endif
 
 if HAVE_GSL
diff --git a/mex/build/octave/Makefile.am b/mex/build/octave/Makefile.am
index 1e5a6a5ab..0ee375969 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/Makefile.am
+++ b/mex/build/octave/Makefile.am
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I ../../../m4
 
 # libdynare++ must come before gensylv, k_order_perturbation, dynare_simul_
 if DO_SOMETHING
-SUBDIRS = mjdgges kronecker bytecode libdynare++ gensylv k_order_perturbation dynare_simul_ qzcomplex ordschur kalman_steady_state
+SUBDIRS = mjdgges kronecker bytecode libdynare++ gensylv k_order_perturbation dynare_simul_ qzcomplex ordschur
+
+# libslicot must come before kalman_steady_state
 if HAVE_FORT
-SUBDIRS += libslicot
+SUBDIRS += libslicot kalman_steady_state
 endif
 if HAVE_GSL
 SUBDIRS += swz