diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index db8a0fd2a57d6..68f5a34e530e9 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ GLOBAL_GOALS += buildtest \
                 info-boards-supported \
                 info-buildsizes info-buildsizes-diff \
                 create-Makefile.ci \
+                generate-Makefile.ci \
                 #
 
 ifneq (, $(filter $(GLOBAL_GOALS), $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
diff --git a/makefiles/info-global.inc.mk b/makefiles/info-global.inc.mk
index 9e1faa551c33b..1986662b5edfc 100644
--- a/makefiles/info-global.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/info-global.inc.mk
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ info-boards-features-conflicting:
 create-Makefile.ci:
 	@$(RIOTTOOLS)/insufficient_memory/create_makefile.ci.sh --no-docker
 
+generate-Makefile.ci: create-Makefile.ci
+
 # Reset BOARDSDIR so unchanged for makefiles included after, for now only
 # needed for buildtests.inc.mk
 BOARDDIR := $(BOARDDIR_GLOBAL)
diff --git a/makefiles/info.inc.mk b/makefiles/info.inc.mk
index cc2e12342369d..6cd0cf58434ca 100644
--- a/makefiles/info.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/info.inc.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         info-programmers-supported \
         info-rust \
         create-Makefile.ci \
+        generate-Makefile.ci \
         #
 
 info-objsize: