diff --git a/core/Makefile b/core/Makefile
index 0a73b43da..c682b5954 100644
--- a/core/Makefile
+++ b/core/Makefile
@@ -2315,6 +2315,7 @@ $(BUILT_TARGET_FILES_PACKAGE): \
 		$(INSTALLED_USERDATAIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(INSTALLED_CACHEIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET) \
+		$(INSTALLED_VBMETAIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(INSTALLED_DTBOIMAGE_TARGET) \
 		$(INTERNAL_SYSTEMOTHERIMAGE_FILES) \
 		$(INSTALLED_ANDROID_INFO_TXT_TARGET) \
@@ -2535,6 +2536,14 @@ ifeq ($(BREAKPAD_GENERATE_SYMBOLS),true)
 	@# If breakpad symbols have been generated, add them to the zip.
 	$(hide) $(ACP) -r $(TARGET_OUT_BREAKPAD) $(zip_root)/BREAKPAD
 endif
+# BOARD_BUILD_DISABLED_VBMETAIMAGE is used to build a special vbmeta.img
+# that disables AVB verification. The content is fixed and we can just copy
+# it to $(zip_root)/IMAGES without passing some info into misc_info.txt for
+# regeneration.
+ifeq (true,$(BOARD_BUILD_DISABLED_VBMETAIMAGE))
+	$(hide) mkdir -p $(zip_root)/IMAGES
+	$(hide) cp $(INSTALLED_VBMETAIMAGE_TARGET) $(zip_root)/IMAGES/
+endif
 ifdef BOARD_PREBUILT_VENDORIMAGE
 	$(hide) mkdir -p $(zip_root)/IMAGES
 	$(hide) cp $(INSTALLED_VENDORIMAGE_TARGET) $(zip_root)/IMAGES/