diff --git a/security/tomoyo/.gitignore b/security/tomoyo/.gitignore
index 5caf1a6f5907..dc0f220a210b 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/.gitignore
+++ b/security/tomoyo/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 builtin-policy.h
-policy/
+policy/*.conf
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/Makefile b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
index ecdefb583fcf..65dbcb2fd850 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/Makefile
+++ b/security/tomoyo/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,15 @@
 obj-y = audit.o common.o condition.o domain.o environ.o file.o gc.o group.o load_policy.o memory.o mount.o network.o realpath.o securityfs_if.o tomoyo.o util.o
 
-$(obj)/policy/profile.conf:
-	@mkdir -p $(obj)/policy/
-	@echo Creating an empty policy/profile.conf
-	@touch $@
-
-$(obj)/policy/exception_policy.conf:
-	@mkdir -p $(obj)/policy/
-	@echo Creating a default policy/exception_policy.conf
-	@echo initialize_domain /sbin/modprobe from any >> $@
-	@echo initialize_domain /sbin/hotplug from any >> $@
-
-$(obj)/policy/domain_policy.conf:
-	@mkdir -p $(obj)/policy/
-	@echo Creating an empty policy/domain_policy.conf
-	@touch $@
-
-$(obj)/policy/manager.conf:
-	@mkdir -p $(obj)/policy/
-	@echo Creating an empty policy/manager.conf
-	@touch $@
-
-$(obj)/policy/stat.conf:
-	@mkdir -p $(obj)/policy/
-	@echo Creating an empty policy/stat.conf
-	@touch $@
-
 targets += builtin-policy.h
 define do_policy
 echo "static char tomoyo_builtin_$(1)[] __initdata ="; \
-$(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c <$(obj)/policy/$(1).conf; \
+$(objtree)/scripts/basic/bin2c <$(firstword $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/$(1).conf $(srctree)/$(src)/policy/$(1).conf.default) /dev/null); \
 echo ";"
 endef
 quiet_cmd_policy  = POLICY  $@
       cmd_policy  = ($(call do_policy,profile); $(call do_policy,exception_policy); $(call do_policy,domain_policy); $(call do_policy,manager); $(call do_policy,stat)) >$@
 
-$(obj)/builtin-policy.h: $(obj)/policy/profile.conf $(obj)/policy/exception_policy.conf $(obj)/policy/domain_policy.conf $(obj)/policy/manager.conf $(obj)/policy/stat.conf FORCE
+$(obj)/builtin-policy.h: $(wildcard $(obj)/policy/*.conf $(src)/policy/*.conf.default) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,policy)
 
 $(obj)/common.o: $(obj)/builtin-policy.h
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/policy/exception_policy.conf.default b/security/tomoyo/policy/exception_policy.conf.default
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2678df4964ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/tomoyo/policy/exception_policy.conf.default
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+initialize_domain /sbin/modprobe from any
+initialize_domain /sbin/hotplug from any