diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 12d4915..bc33495 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -472,7 +472,22 @@
 	@echo "make $@: ignoring dependencies"
 	$(hide) $(MKEXT2BOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS) --output $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET)
 
-else # TARGET_BOOTIMAGE_USE_EXT2 != true
+else ifeq (true,$(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY)) # TARGET_BOOTIMAGE_USE_EXT2 != true
+
+$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_FILES) $(BOOT_SIGNER)
+	$(call pretty,"Target boot image: $@")
+	$(hide) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS) $(BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS) --output $@
+	$(BOOT_SIGNER) /boot $@ $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_VERITY_SIGNING_KEY) $@
+	$(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$@,$(BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
+
+.PHONY: bootimage-nodeps
+bootimage-nodeps: $(MKBOOTIMG) $(BOOT_SIGNER)
+	@echo "make $@: ignoring dependencies"
+	$(hide) $(MKBOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_ARGS) $(BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS) --output $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET)
+	$(BOOT_SIGNER) /boot $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET) $(PRODUCTS.$(INTERNAL_PRODUCT).PRODUCT_VERITY_SIGNING_KEY) $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET)
+	$(hide) $(call assert-max-image-size,$(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET),$(BOARD_BOOTIMAGE_PARTITION_SIZE))
+
+else # PRODUCT_SUPPORTS_VERITY != true
 
 $(INSTALLED_BOOTIMAGE_TARGET): $(MKBOOTIMG) $(INTERNAL_BOOTIMAGE_FILES)
 	$(call pretty,"Target boot image: $@")
@@ -1191,7 +1206,8 @@
 	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/syspatch_host \
 	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/build_verity_tree \
 	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/verity_signer \
-	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/append2simg
+	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/append2simg \
+	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/boot_signer
 
 OTATOOLS := $(DISTTOOLS) \
 	  $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/aapt
diff --git a/core/config.mk b/core/config.mk
index c4d088d..0e612a7 100644
--- a/core/config.mk
+++ b/core/config.mk
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@
 APPEND2SIMG := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/append2simg
 VERITY_SIGNER := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/verity_signer
 BUILD_VERITY_TREE := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/build_verity_tree
+BOOT_SIGNER := $(HOST_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/boot_signer
 
 # ACP is always for the build OS, not for the host OS
 ACP := $(BUILD_OUT_EXECUTABLES)/acp$(BUILD_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX)