diff --git a/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk b/projects/scripts/project-altera.mk
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+####################################################################################
+## Copyright 2018(c) Analog Devices, Inc.
+####################################################################################
+
+# Assumes this file is in projects/scripts/project-altera.mk
+HDL_PROJECT_PATH := $(subst scripts/project-altera.mk,,$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+
+ifeq ($(NIOS2_MMU),)
+  NIOS2_MMU := 1
+endif
+
+export ALT_NIOS_MMU_ENABLED := $(NIOS2_MMU)
+
+ALTERA := quartus_sh --64bit -t
+
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.log
+CLEAN_TARGET += *_INFO.txt
+CLEAN_TARGET += *_dump.txt
+CLEAN_TARGET += db
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.asm.rpt
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.done
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.eda.rpt
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.fit.*
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.map.*
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.sta.*
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.qsf
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.qpf
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.qws
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.sof
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.cdf
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.sld
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.qdf
+CLEAN_TARGET += hc_output
+CLEAN_TARGET += system_bd
+CLEAN_TARGET += hps_isw_handoff
+CLEAN_TARGET += hps_sdram_*.csv
+CLEAN_TARGET += *ddr3_*.csv
+CLEAN_TARGET += incremental_db
+CLEAN_TARGET += reconfig_mif
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.sopcinfo
+CLEAN_TARGET +=  *.jdi
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.pin
+CLEAN_TARGET += *_summary.csv
+CLEAN_TARGET += *.dpf
+
+M_DEPS += system_top.v
+M_DEPS += system_qsys.tcl
+M_DEPS += system_project.tcl
+M_DEPS += system_constr.sdc
+M_DEPS += $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)scripts/adi_tquest.tcl
+M_DEPS += $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)scripts/adi_project_alt.tcl
+M_DEPS += $(HDL_PROJECT_PATH)scripts/adi_env.tcl
+
+.PHONY: all lib clean clean-all
+all: lib $(PROJECT_NAME).sof
+
+clean: clean-all
+
+clean-all:
+	rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
+
+$(PROJECT_NAME).sof: $(M_DEPS)
+	-rm -rf $(CLEAN_TARGET)
+	$(ALTERA) system_project.tcl  >> $(PROJECT_NAME)_quartus.log 2>&1