diff --git a/boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/CMakeLists.txt
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+# ##############################################################################
+# boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/src/CMakeLists.txt b/boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/src/CMakeLists.txt
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+# ##############################################################################
+# boards/arm64/imx8/imx8qm-mek/src/CMakeLists.txt
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+set(SRCS imx8_boardinit.c imx8_bringup.c)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARDCTL)
+  list(APPEND SRCS imx8_appinit.c)
+endif()
+
+target_sources(board PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT "${NUTTX_BOARD_DIR}/scripts/dramboot.ld")