diff --git a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
index 452d4b053b..d5795f34f2 100644
--- a/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
+++ b/Tools/ardupilotwaf/boards.py
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ class Board:
             '-Wl,--gc-sections',
         ]
 
+    def build(self, bld):
+        pass
+
 Board = BoardMeta('Board', Board.__bases__, dict(Board.__dict__))
 
 def get_boards_names():
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 5a85f2b8d3..5a28d0abf5 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def build(bld):
     _build_dynamic_sources(bld)
 
     bld.add_group('build')
+    boards.get_board(bld.env.BOARD).build(bld)
     _build_common_taskgens(bld)
 
     _build_recursion(bld)