+
+# Check that we're not trying to do an out-of-tree build from
+# a tree that's been used for an in-tree build.
+ifneq ($(realpath $(SRC_PATH)),$(realpath .))
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/config-host.mak),)
+$(error This is an out of tree build but your source tree ($(SRC_PATH)) \
+seems to have been used for an in-tree build. You can fix this by running \
+"make distclean && rm -rf *-linux-user *-softmmu" in your source tree)
+endif
+endif
+