diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6be555ccfd..80a660d77d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ build.ninja
 /sprite/SpriteTable.xml
 /mod.cfg
 
-tools/Yay0compress
+/tools/Yay0compress
+/tools/n64crc
diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index cebcff74d3..18a49bb23b 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ async def main():
     n.comment("target")
     n.build("$builddir/$target.ld", "cpp", "$target.ld")
     n.build("$builddir/$target.elf", "link", "$builddir/$target.ld", implicit=[obj(o) for o in objects], implicit_outputs="$builddir/$target.map")
-    n.build("$target.z64", "rom", "$builddir/$target.elf")
+    n.build("$target.z64", "rom", "$builddir/$target.elf", implicit="tools/n64crc")
     n.build("compare", "sha1sum", "checksum.sha1", implicit="$target.z64")
     n.newline()
 
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ async def main():
     print("")
     n.newline()
 
+    # c tools that need to be compiled
     n.build("tools/Yay0compress", "cc_modern_exe", "tools/Yay0compress.c")
+    n.build("tools/n64crc", "cc_modern_exe", "tools/n64crc.c")
     n.newline()
 
     print("")
diff --git a/tools/n64crc b/tools/n64crc
deleted file mode 100755
index a562d1d9c8..0000000000
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