diff --git a/extras/fonts/component.mk b/extras/fonts/component.mk
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+# Component makefile for extras/fonts
+
+# expected anyone using bmp driver includes it as 'fonts/fonts.h'
+INC_DIRS += $(fonts_ROOT)..
+
+# args for passing into compile rule generation
+fonts_SRC_DIR =  $(fonts_ROOT)
+
+$(eval $(call component_compile_rules,fonts))