diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 1e9f1af14cb2..25f4748626b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -359,3 +359,16 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '                  install to $$(INSTALL_PATH) and run lilo'
   echo  '  vdso_install  - Install unstripped vdso.so to $$(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/vdso'
 endef
+
+MAKE_MODULES ?= y
+
+%.img:
+ifeq ("$(CONFIG_MODULES)$(MAKE_MODULES)$(srctree)","yy$(objtree)")
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $*.dtb Image.gz modules
+else
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $*.dtb Image.gz
+endif
+	$(Q)$(srctree)/scripts/mkimg --dtb $*.dtb
+
+CLEAN_DIRS += out
+CLEAN_FILES += boot.img kernel.img resource.img zboot.img