diff --git a/include/rom.sh b/include/rom.sh
index 41853f0b43eb91d06678062d2b2707cf75c70d49..23974c35b668cbc4d4996c9a827e78f8bb64ad56 100644
--- a/include/rom.sh
+++ b/include/rom.sh
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ cprom()
 }
 
 mkcoreboottar()
+{
+	$dry realmkcoreboottar
+}
+
+realmkcoreboottar()
 {
 	[ "$target" = "$tree" ] && return 0; [ "$XBMK_RELEASE" = "y" ] && \
 	    [ "$release" != "n" ] && $dry mkrom_tarball "bin/$target"; return 0