diff --git a/arch/arm/imx-common/Makefile b/arch/arm/imx-common/Makefile
index 0e713952dc..6c655773e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/imx-common/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/imx-common/Makefile
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ $(IMX_CONFIG): %.cfgtmp: % FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_cfg)
 
-quiet_cmd_mkimage = MKIMAGE $@
-cmd_mkimage = $(objtree)/tools/mkimage $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_$(@F)) -d $< $@ \
-	$(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=), >/dev/null)
-
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.imx = -n $(filter-out $< $(PHONY),$^) -T imximage \
 	-e $(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)
 
diff --git a/board/cray/L1/Makefile b/board/cray/L1/Makefile
index 55402981fd..716a5a316b 100644
--- a/board/cray/L1/Makefile
+++ b/board/cray/L1/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@ quiet_cmd_awk = AWK     $@
 $(obj)/bootscript.c: $(obj)/bootscript.image $(src)/x2c.awk
 	$(call cmd,awk)
 
-quiet_cmd_mkimage = MKIMAGE $@
-cmd_mkimage = $(objtree)/tools/mkimage $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_$(@F)) -d $< $@ \
-        $(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=), >/dev/null)
-
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_bootscript.image := -A ppc -O linux -T script -C none \
 						-a 0 -e 0 -n bootscript
 $(obj)/bootscript.image: $(src)/bootscript.hush
 	$(call cmd,mkimage)
 
-clean-files := bootscript.c bootscript.image
\ No newline at end of file
+clean-files := bootscript.c bootscript.image
diff --git a/board/matrix_vision/mvblm7/Makefile b/board/matrix_vision/mvblm7/Makefile
index 9ed2837a78..caa6cfd34c 100644
--- a/board/matrix_vision/mvblm7/Makefile
+++ b/board/matrix_vision/mvblm7/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ obj-y	:= mvblm7.o pci.o fpga.o
 
 extra-y := bootscript.img
 
-quiet_cmd_mkimage = MKIMAGE $@
-cmd_mkimage = $(objtree)/tools/mkimage $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_$(@F)) -d $< $@ \
-        $(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=), >/dev/null)
-
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_bootscript.image := -T script -C none -n M7_script
 
 $(obj)/bootscript.img: $(src)/bootscript
diff --git a/board/matrix_vision/mvsmr/Makefile b/board/matrix_vision/mvsmr/Makefile
index a9c794e21a..cef1b7664c 100644
--- a/board/matrix_vision/mvsmr/Makefile
+++ b/board/matrix_vision/mvsmr/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ obj-y	:= mvsmr.o fpga.o
 
 extra-y := bootscript.img
 
-quiet_cmd_mkimage = MKIMAGE $@
-cmd_mkimage = $(objtree)/tools/mkimage $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_$(@F)) -d $< $@ \
-        $(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=), >/dev/null)
-
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_bootscript.image := -T script -C none -n mvSMR_Script
 
 $(obj)/bootscript.img: $(src)/bootscript
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index a04439dcc9..c24c5e868a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -379,3 +379,11 @@ quiet_cmd_xzmisc = XZMISC  $@
 cmd_xzmisc = (cat $(filter-out FORCE,$^) | \
 	xz --check=crc32 --lzma2=dict=1MiB) > $@ || \
 	(rm -f $@ ; false)
+
+# Additional commands for U-Boot
+#
+# mkimage
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+quiet_cmd_mkimage = MKIMAGE $@
+cmd_mkimage = $(objtree)/tools/mkimage $(MKIMAGEFLAGS_$(@F)) -d $< $@ \
+	$(if $(KBUILD_VERBOSE:1=), >/dev/null)