diff --git a/core/tasks/prebuilt_tradefed.mk b/core/tasks/prebuilt_tradefed.mk
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+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+ifeq (,$(wildcard tools/tradefederation/core))
+.PHONY: tradefed-core
+tradefed-core: tradefed atest_tradefed.sh
+.PHONY: tradefed-all
+tradefed-all: tradefed atest_tradefed.sh
+
+$(call dist-for-goals, tradefed, $(HOST_OUT)/etc/tradefed.zip)
+endif