diff --git a/sys/boot/Makefile.ficl b/sys/boot/Makefile.ficl
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/boot/Makefile.ficl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+# Common flags to build FICL related files
+
+FICLDIR?=	${SRCTOP}/sys/boot/ficl
+
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64" && defined(FICL32)
+FICL_CPUARCH=	i386
+.elif ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64" || ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips64el"
+FICL_CPUARCH=	mips64
+.else
+FICL_CPUARCH=	${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
+.endif
+
+.PATH: ${FICLDIR} ${FICLDIR}/${FICL_CPUARCH}
+
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64"
+.if defined(FICL32)
+CFLAGS+=	-m32 -I.
+.else
+CFLAGS+=	-fPIC
+.endif
+.endif
+
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "powerpc64"
+CFLAGS+=	-m32 -mcpu=powerpc -I.
+.endif
+
+CFLAGS+=	-I${FICLDIR} -I${FICLDIR}/${FICL_CPUARCH} \
+		-I${FICLDIR}/../common
+
+.if ${MACHINE_CPUARCH} == "amd64" && defined(FICL32)
+.if !exists(machine)
+${SRCS:M*.c:R:S/$/.o/g}: machine
+
+beforedepend ${OBJS}: machine
+.endif
+
+machine: .NOMETA
+	ln -sf ${.CURDIR}/../../i386/include machine
+
+CLEANFILES+=	machine
+.endif