diff --git a/roms/Makefile b/roms/Makefile
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+
+default:
+	@echo "nothing is build by default"
+	@echo "available build targets:"
+	@echo "  bios           -- update bios.bin (seabios)"
+
+bios: config.seabios
+	sh configure-seabios.sh $<
+	make -C seabios out/bios.bin
+	cp seabios/out/bios.bin ../pc-bios/bios.bin
diff --git a/roms/config.seabios b/roms/config.seabios
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+++ b/roms/config.seabios
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+# empty, default config works for us
diff --git a/roms/configure-seabios.sh b/roms/configure-seabios.sh
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+++ b/roms/configure-seabios.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+config="$1"
+make -C seabios clean distclean
+cp "$config" seabios/.config
+make -C seabios oldnoconfig