diff --git a/scripts/_build/coreboot.sh b/scripts/_build/coreboot.sh
index 8b0c9e6..fc33a5e 100755
--- a/scripts/_build/coreboot.sh
+++ b/scripts/_build/coreboot.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,27 @@ fi
 CONFIG="$(realpath "$1")"
 COREBOOT="$(realpath "$2")"
 
+function check_configs() {
+  local defconfig="$1"
+
+  while read -r line; do
+    if [[ "${line}" =~ ^# ]] || [[ -z "${line}" ]]; then
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "${line}" =~ "=n" ]]; then
+      local config="${line//=n/} is not set"
+    else
+      local config="${line}"
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep -q "${config}" ".config"; then
+      echo "expected config not found: '${config}'" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done < "${defconfig}"
+}
+
 pushd coreboot >/dev/null
   if [ ! -d util/crossgcc/xgcc ]
   then
@@ -17,6 +38,8 @@ pushd coreboot >/dev/null
   fi
   make distclean
   make defconfig KBUILD_DEFCONFIG="${CONFIG}"
+  check_configs "${CONFIG}"
+
   make --jobs="$(nproc)"
   cp -v "build/coreboot.rom" "${COREBOOT}"
 popd >/dev/null