diff --git a/include/rom.sh b/include/rom.sh
index 6f914009..eadef643 100644
--- a/include/rom.sh
+++ b/include/rom.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ check_coreboot_utils()
 }
 
 mkcorebootbin()
+{
+	$dry realmkcorebootbin; :
+}
+
+realmkcorebootbin()
 {
 	[ "$target" = "$tree" ] && return 0