--- Makefile	(revision 26802)
+++ Makefile	(working copy)
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@
 package/symlinks-clean:
 	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/feeds uninstall -a
 
+# flash the target with Sven Ola's ap51-flash tool
+SUDO=sudo
+AP51=tools/ap51-flash
+ETH=eth0
+BINDIR=bin/atheros
+ROOTFS=$(BINDIR)/openwrt-atheros-root.squashfs
+KERNEL=$(BINDIR)/openwrt-atheros-vmlinux.lzma
+
+flash:
+	$(SUDO) $(AP51) $(ETH) $(ROOTFS) $(KERNEL)
+
 .PHONY: clean dirclean prereq prepare world package/symlinks package/symlinks-install package/symlinks-clean
 
 endif