diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index d88a2fddba8c7edb3eda2e21ea4a142ea25644a9..9b5adae9cc40cf59a5c8244bb3eb361a4772b626 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -123,63 +123,26 @@ image_cmdline = default linux $(FDARGS) $(if $(FDINITRD),initrd=initrd.img,)
 $(obj)/mtools.conf: $(src)/mtools.conf.in
 	sed -e 's|@OBJ@|$(obj)|g' < $< > $@
 
+quiet_cmd_genimage = GENIMAGE $3
+cmd_genimage = sh $(srctree)/$(src)/genimage.sh $2 $3 $(obj)/bzImage \
+			$(obj)/mtools.conf '$(image_cmdline)' $(FDINITRD)
+
 # This requires write access to /dev/fd0
 bzdisk: $(obj)/bzImage $(obj)/mtools.conf
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mformat a:			; sync
-	syslinux /dev/fd0					; sync
-	echo '$(image_cmdline)' | \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(src)/mtools.conf mcopy - a:syslinux.cfg
-	if [ -f '$(FDINITRD)' ] ; then \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy '$(FDINITRD)' a:initrd.img ; \
-	fi
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy $(obj)/bzImage a:linux	; sync
+	$(call cmd,genimage,bzdisk,/dev/fd0)
 
 # These require being root or having syslinux 2.02 or higher installed
 fdimage fdimage144: $(obj)/bzImage $(obj)/mtools.conf
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(obj)/fdimage bs=1024 count=1440
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mformat v:			; sync
-	syslinux $(obj)/fdimage					; sync
-	echo '$(image_cmdline)' | \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy - v:syslinux.cfg
-	if [ -f '$(FDINITRD)' ] ; then \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy '$(FDINITRD)' v:initrd.img ; \
-	fi
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy $(obj)/bzImage v:linux	; sync
+	$(call cmd,genimage,fdimage144,$(obj)/fdimage)
+	@$(kecho) 'Kernel: $(obj)/fdimage is ready'
 
 fdimage288: $(obj)/bzImage $(obj)/mtools.conf
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=$(obj)/fdimage bs=1024 count=2880
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mformat w:			; sync
-	syslinux $(obj)/fdimage					; sync
-	echo '$(image_cmdline)' | \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy - w:syslinux.cfg
-	if [ -f '$(FDINITRD)' ] ; then \
-		MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy '$(FDINITRD)' w:initrd.img ; \
-	fi
-	MTOOLSRC=$(obj)/mtools.conf mcopy $(obj)/bzImage w:linux	; sync
+	$(call cmd,genimage,fdimage288,$(obj)/fdimage)
+	@$(kecho) 'Kernel: $(obj)/fdimage is ready'
 
 isoimage: $(obj)/bzImage
-	-rm -rf $(obj)/isoimage
-	mkdir $(obj)/isoimage
-	for i in lib lib64 share end ; do \
-		if [ -f /usr/$$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin ] ; then \
-			cp /usr/$$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin $(obj)/isoimage ; \
-			if [ -f /usr/$$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 ]; then \
-				cp /usr/$$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 $(obj)/isoimage ; \
-			fi ; \
-			break ; \
-		fi ; \
-		if [ $$i = end ] ; then exit 1 ; fi ; \
-	done
-	cp $(obj)/bzImage $(obj)/isoimage/linux
-	echo '$(image_cmdline)' > $(obj)/isoimage/isolinux.cfg
-	if [ -f '$(FDINITRD)' ] ; then \
-		cp '$(FDINITRD)' $(obj)/isoimage/initrd.img ; \
-	fi
-	mkisofs -J -r -o $(obj)/image.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat \
-		-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
-		$(obj)/isoimage
-	isohybrid $(obj)/image.iso 2>/dev/null || true
-	rm -rf $(obj)/isoimage
+	$(call cmd,genimage,isoimage,$(obj)/image.iso)
+	@$(kecho) 'Kernel: $(obj)/image.iso is ready'
 
 bzlilo: $(obj)/bzImage
 	if [ -f $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz ]; then mv $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz $(INSTALL_PATH)/vmlinuz.old; fi
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh b/arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..75a9de1d3f72df2b3a5152108160f4cb7effbabc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/genimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+# License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+# for more details.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 by Changbin Du <changbin.du@intel.com>
+#
+# Adapted from code in arch/x86/boot/Makefile by H. Peter Anvin and others
+#
+# "make fdimage/fdimage144/fdimage288/isoimage" script for x86 architecture
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   $1 - fdimage format
+#   $2 - target image file
+#   $3 - kernel bzImage file
+#   $4 - mtool configuration file
+#   $5 - kernel cmdline
+#   $6 - inird image file
+#
+
+verify () {
+	if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
+		echo ""                                                   1>&2
+		echo " *** Missing file: $1"                              1>&2
+		echo ""                                                   1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+
+export MTOOLSRC=$4
+FIMAGE=$2
+FBZIMAGE=$3
+KCMDLINE=$5
+FDINITRD=$6
+
+# Make sure the files actually exist
+verify "$FBZIMAGE"
+verify "$MTOOLSRC"
+
+genbzdisk() {
+	mformat a:
+	syslinux $FIMAGE
+	echo "$KCMDLINE" | mcopy - a:syslinux.cfg
+	if [ -f "$FDINITRD" ] ; then
+		mcopy "$FDINITRD" a:initrd.img
+	fi
+	mcopy $FBZIMAGE a:linux
+}
+
+genfdimage144() {
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$FIMAGE bs=1024 count=1440
+	mformat v:
+	syslinux $FIMAGE
+	echo "$KCMDLINE" | mcopy - v:syslinux.cfg
+	if [ -f "$FDINITRD" ] ; then
+		mcopy "$FDINITRD" v:initrd.img
+	fi
+	mcopy $FBZIMAGE v:linux
+}
+
+genfdimage288() {
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$FIMAGE bs=1024 count=2880
+	mformat w:
+	syslinux $FIMAGE
+	echo "$KCMDLINE" | mcopy - W:syslinux.cfg
+	if [ -f "$FDINITRD" ] ; then
+		mcopy "$FDINITRD" w:initrd.img
+	fi
+	mcopy $FBZIMAGE w:linux
+}
+
+genisoimage() {
+	tmp_dir=`dirname $FIMAGE`/isoimage
+	rm -rf $tmp_dir
+	mkdir $tmp_dir
+	for i in lib lib64 share end ; do
+		if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin ] ; then
+			cp /usr/$i/syslinux/isolinux.bin $tmp_dir
+			if [ -f /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 ]; then
+				cp /usr/$i/syslinux/ldlinux.c32 $tmp_dir
+			fi
+			break
+		fi
+		if [ $i = end ] ; then exit 1 ; fi ;
+	done
+	cp $FBZIMAGE $tmp_dir/linux
+	echo "$KCMDLINE" > $tmp_dir/isolinux.cfg
+	if [ -f "$FDINITRD" ] ; then
+		cp "$FDINITRD" $tmp_dir/initrd.img
+	fi
+	mkisofs -J -r -o $FIMAGE -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat \
+		-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table $tmp_dir
+	isohybrid $FIMAGE 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm -rf $tmp_dir
+}
+
+case $1 in
+	bzdisk)     genbzdisk;;
+	fdimage144) genfdimage144;;
+	fdimage288) genfdimage288;;
+	isoimage)   genisoimage;;
+	*)          echo 'Unknown image format'; exit 1;
+esac