diff --git a/tools/Config.mk b/tools/Config.mk
index 41699176c07..8148b3a0442 100644
--- a/tools/Config.mk
+++ b/tools/Config.mk
@@ -312,6 +312,24 @@ define COMPILERUST
 	$(Q) $(RUSTC) --emit obj $(RUSTFLAGS) $($(strip $1)_RUSTFLAGS) $1 -o $2
 endef
 
+# COMPILEZIG - Default macro to compile one Zig file
+# Example: $(call COMPILEZIG, in-file, out-file)
+#
+# Depends on these settings defined in board-specific Make.defs file
+# installed at $(TOPDIR)/Make.defs:
+#
+#   ZIG - The command to invoke the Zig compiler
+#   ZIGFLAGS - Options to pass to the Zig compiler
+#
+# '<filename>.zig_ZIGFLAGS += <options>' may also be used, as an example, to
+# change the options used with the single file <filename>.zig. The same
+# applies mutatis mutandis.
+
+define COMPILEZIG
+	@echo "ZIG: $1"
+	$(Q) $(ZIG) build-obj $(ZIGFLAGS) $($(strip $1)_ZIGFLAGS) --name $(basename $2) $1 
+endef
+
 # ASSEMBLE - Default macro to assemble one assembly language file
 # Example: $(call ASSEMBLE, in-file, out-file)
 #