diff --git a/tests/hwsim/build.sh b/tests/hwsim/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd $(dirname $0)
+
+cd ../../wpa_supplicant
+cp ../tests/hwsim/example-wpa_supplicant.config .config
+make clean
+make -j8
+cd ../hostapd
+cp ../tests/hwsim/example-hostapd.config .config
+make clean
+make -j8 hostapd hlr_auc_gw
+cd ../wlantest
+make clean
+make -j8
+cd ../mac80211_hwsim/tools
+make -j8