diff --git a/contrib/deviceatlas/Makefile b/contrib/deviceatlas/Makefile
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+# makefile for dummy DeviceAtlas library
+#
+# To enable the DeviceAtlas module support, the following are needed
+# make TARGET=<target> DEVICEATLAS_SRC=./contrib/deviceatlas USE_PCRE=1 USE_DEVICEATLAS=1
+
+build: libda.a
+
+libda.a: dac.o
+	ar rv $@ $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf *.a *.o