diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index e6308f30e5..b390c481fc 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -276,9 +276,25 @@ config PHYS_64BIT
 	  This can be used not only for 64bit SoCs, but also for
 	  large physical address extension on 32bit SoCs.
 
+config HAS_ROM
+	bool
+	select BINMAN
+	help
+	  Enables building of a u-boot.rom target. This collects U-Boot and
+	  any necessary binary blobs.
+
+config ROM_NEEDS_BLOBS
+	bool
+	depends on HAS_ROM
+	help
+	  Enable this if building the u-boot.rom target needs binary blobs, and
+	  so cannot be done normally. In this case, pass BUILD_ROM=1 to make
+	  to tell U-Boot to build the ROM.
+
 config BUILD_ROM
 	bool "Build U-Boot as BIOS replacement"
-	depends on X86
+	depends on HAS_ROM
+	default y if !ROM_NEEDS_BLOBS
 	help
 	  This option allows to build a ROM version of U-Boot.
 	  The build process generally requires several binary blobs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d8b0c9319d..6309bdae80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -921,9 +921,12 @@ ALL-$(CONFIG_REMAKE_ELF) += u-boot.elf
 ALL-$(CONFIG_EFI_APP) += u-boot-app.efi
 ALL-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += u-boot-payload.efi
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_HAS_ROM),)
 ifneq ($(BUILD_ROM)$(CONFIG_BUILD_ROM),)
-ALL-$(CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR) += u-boot.rom
+ALL-y += u-boot.rom
 endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYS_COREBOOT)$(CONFIG_SPL),yy)
 ALL-$(CONFIG_BINMAN) += u-boot-x86-with-spl.bin
 endif
@@ -1585,7 +1588,7 @@ endif
 # reset vector) at the top, Intel ME descriptor at the bottom, and U-Boot in
 # the middle. This is handled by binman based on an image description in the
 # board's device tree.
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR),)
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_HAS_ROM),)
 rom: u-boot.rom FORCE
 
 refcode.bin: $(srctree)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/refcode.bin FORCE
@@ -1595,11 +1598,12 @@ quiet_cmd_ldr = LD      $@
 cmd_ldr = $(LD) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F)) \
 	       $(filter-out FORCE,$^) -o $@
 
-u-boot.rom: u-boot-x86-start16.bin u-boot-x86-reset16.bin u-boot.bin \
+rom-deps := u-boot.bin
+ifdef CONFIG_X86
+rom-deps += u-boot-x86-start16.bin u-boot-x86-reset16.bin \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_SPL_X86_16BIT_INIT),spl/u-boot-spl.bin) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_TPL_X86_16BIT_INIT),tpl/u-boot-tpl.bin) \
-		$(if $(CONFIG_HAVE_REFCODE),refcode.bin) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,binman)
+		$(if $(CONFIG_HAVE_REFCODE),refcode.bin)
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_u-boot-x86-start16.bin := -O binary -j .start16
 u-boot-x86-start16.bin: u-boot FORCE
@@ -1610,6 +1614,10 @@ u-boot-x86-reset16.bin: u-boot FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 endif
 
+u-boot.rom: $(rom-deps) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,binman)
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI),)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64),)
 u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin: spl/sunxi-spl.bin u-boot.img u-boot.dtb FORCE
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 9be02d1319..7f3cbe2ec8 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ config X86
 	select TIMER
 	select USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC
 	select X86_TSC_TIMER
+	imply HAS_ROM if X86_RESET_VECTOR
 	imply BLK
 	imply CMD_DM
 	imply CMD_FPGA_LOADMK
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ff4f06ed79..01ffaea132 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ config HAVE_FSP
 	bool "Add an Firmware Support Package binary"
 	depends on !EFI
 	select USE_HOB
+	select HAS_ROM
+	select ROM_NEEDS_BLOBS
 	help
 	  Select this option to add an Firmware Support Package binary to
 	  the resulting U-Boot image. It is a binary blob which U-Boot uses
@@ -519,6 +521,8 @@ config ENABLE_MRC_CACHE
 
 config HAVE_MRC
 	bool "Add a System Agent binary"
+	select HAS_ROM
+	select ROM_NEEDS_BLOBS
 	depends on !HAVE_FSP
 	help
 	  Select this option to add a System Agent binary to
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/quark/Kconfig b/arch/x86/cpu/quark/Kconfig
index 430cce184d..2fee38aed7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/quark/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/quark/Kconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ if INTEL_QUARK
 
 config HAVE_RMU
 	bool "Add a Remote Management Unit (RMU) binary"
+	select ROM_NEEDS_BLOBS
 	help
 	  Select this option to add a Remote Management Unit (RMU) binary
 	  to the resulting U-Boot image. It is a data block (up to 64K) of