diff --git a/src/cpu/SConscript b/src/cpu/SConscript
index 2abddef22c..c6a959d9d0 100644
--- a/src/cpu/SConscript
+++ b/src/cpu/SConscript
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ if env['USE_CHECKER']:
             print i,
         print ", please set USE_CHECKER=False or use one of those CPU models"
         Exit(1)
+# Workaround for bug in SCons version > 0.97d20071212
+# Scons bug id: 2006 M5 Bug id: 308
 else:
     Dir('checker')
 
diff --git a/src/mem/SConscript b/src/mem/SConscript
index 0fdf9f9bb6..d391fbd5c0 100644
--- a/src/mem/SConscript
+++ b/src/mem/SConscript
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ SimObject('Bus.py')
 SimObject('PhysicalMemory.py')
 SimObject('MemObject.py')
 
+# Workaround for bug in SCons version > 0.97d20071212
+# Scons bug id: 2006 M5 Bug id: 308
 Dir('config')
 
 Source('bridge.cc')