diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d44ad8..23f988a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ include modules/tpmtotp
 include modules/mbedtls
 include modules/busybox
 include modules/linux
+include modules/coreboot-blobs
 
 all: $(modules)
 
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ initrd/bin/busybox: $(build)/$(busybox_dir)/busybox
 
 # Update all of the libraries in the initrd based on the executables
 # that were installed.
-initrd_libs:
+initrd_libs: $(initrd_bins)
 	./populate-lib \
 		./initrd/lib/x86-64-linux-gnu/ \
 		initrd/bin/* \
diff --git a/config/coreboot-blobs.config b/config/coreboot-blobs.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..556df42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/coreboot-blobs.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# nothing
diff --git a/modules/coreboot-blobs b/modules/coreboot-blobs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794abb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/coreboot-blobs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+modules += coreboot-blobs
+
+coreboot-blobs_version := 4.4
+coreboot-blobs_tar := coreboot-blobs-$(coreboot-blobs_version).tar.xz
+coreboot-blobs_dir := coreboot-$(coreboot-blobs_version)/3rdparty/blobs
+coreboot-blobs_url := https://www.coreboot.org/releases/$(coreboot-blobs_tar)
+coreboot-blobs_hash := 43b993915c0f46a77ee7ddaa2dbe47581f399510632c62f2558dff931358d8ab
+
+# there is nothing to build for the blobs, this should be
+# made easier to make happen
+coreboot-blobs_output := null
+#coreboot-blobs_configure := echo -e 'all:\n\ttouch $(build)/$(coreboot-blobs_dir)/.canary' > Makefile
+coreboot-blobs_configure := echo -e 'all:\n\ttouch null' > Makefile