diff --git a/sys/conf/makeLINT.mk b/sys/conf/makeLINT.mk
index 08947a91db0..e7ca9092193 100644
--- a/sys/conf/makeLINT.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/makeLINT.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ all:
 
 clean:
 	rm -f LINT
+.if ${TARGET} == "amd64" || ${TARGET} == "i386"
+	rm -f LINT-VIMAGE
+.endif
 
 NOTES=	../../conf/NOTES NOTES
 LINT: ${NOTES} ../../conf/makeLINT.sed
 	cat ${NOTES} | sed -E -n -f ../../conf/makeLINT.sed > ${.TARGET}
+.if ${TARGET} == "amd64" || ${TARGET} == "i386"
+	echo "include ${.TARGET}"	>  ${.TARGET}-VIMAGE
+	echo "ident ${.TARGET}-VIMAGE"	>> ${.TARGET}-VIMAGE
+	echo "options VIMAGE"		>> ${.TARGET}-VIMAGE
+.endif