diff --git a/scripts/hob b/scripts/hob
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/hob
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if ! (test -r "$BUILDDIR/conf/hob.local.conf"); then
+    cat <<EOM
+You had no conf/hob.local.conf file. An initial version of this configuration
+file has therefore been created for you. This file will be used to store any
+configuration values you set in hob.
+
+EOM
+(cat <<EOF
+INHERIT += "image_types"
+EOF
+) > conf/hob.local.conf
+fi
+
+bitbake -R conf/hob.local.conf -t xmlrpc -u hob
+
+ret=$?
+exit $ret