diff --git a/tests/migration/Makefile b/tests/migration/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0824b4fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/migration/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# To specify cross compiler prefix, use CROSS_PREFIX=
+#   $ make CROSS_PREFIX=x86_64-linux-gnu-
+
+override define __note
+/* This file is automatically generated from
+ * tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.S, edit that and then run
+ * tests/migration/rebuild-x86-bootblock.sh to update,
+ * and then remember to send both in your patch submission.
+ */
+endef
+export __note
+
+.PHONY: all clean
+all: x86-a-b-bootblock.h
+
+x86-a-b-bootblock.h: x86.bootsect
+	echo "$$__note" > header.tmp
+	xxd -i $< | sed -e 's/.*int.*//' >> header.tmp
+	mv header.tmp $@
+
+x86.bootsect: x86.boot
+	dd if=$< of=$@ bs=256 count=2 skip=124
+
+x86.boot: x86.o
+	$(CROSS_PREFIX)objcopy -O binary $< $@
+
+x86.o: x86-a-b-bootblock.S
+	$(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc -m32 -march=i486 -c $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	@rm -rf *.boot *.o *.bootsect
diff --git a/tests/migration/rebuild-x86-bootblock.sh b/tests/migration/rebuild-x86-bootblock.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 86cec5d284..0000000000
--- a/tests/migration/rebuild-x86-bootblock.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
-# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
-# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
-#
-# Author: dgilbert@redhat.com
-
-ASMFILE=$PWD/tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.s
-HEADER=$PWD/tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.h
-
-if [ ! -e "$ASMFILE" ]
-then
-  echo "Couldn't find $ASMFILE" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-ASM_WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d --tmpdir X86BB.XXXXXX)
-cd "$ASM_WORK_DIR" &&
-as --32 -march=i486 "$ASMFILE" -o x86.o &&
-objcopy -O binary x86.o x86.boot &&
-dd if=x86.boot of=x86.bootsect bs=256 count=2 skip=124 &&
-xxd -i x86.bootsect |
-sed -e 's/.*int.*//' > x86.hex &&
-cat - x86.hex <<HERE > "$HEADER"
-/* This file is automatically generated from
- * tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.s, edit that and then run
- * tests/migration/rebuild-x86-bootblock.sh to update,
- * and then remember to send both in your patch submission.
- */
-HERE
-
-rm x86.hex x86.bootsect x86.boot x86.o
-cd .. && rmdir "$ASM_WORK_DIR"
diff --git a/tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.s b/tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.S
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.s
rename to tests/migration/x86-a-b-bootblock.S