diff --git a/util/abuild/abuild b/util/abuild/abuild
index 58f48f2b05..5e81f2640f 100755
--- a/util/abuild/abuild
+++ b/util/abuild/abuild
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ TESTRUN="${TESTRUN_DEFAULT}"
 
 export KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG=1
 
+# Identify this as a coreboot autobuild
+export COREBOOT_ABUILD=1
+
 # path to payload. Should be more generic
 PAYLOAD=/dev/null