diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9d269f2..3b9bd23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ avr-std-stub = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 const_env--value = "0.1"
 target-cpu-macro = "0.1"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+avr-mcu = "0.3"
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true # we specifically want to enable 'all-mcus' for documentation
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92d4f6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const DEFAULT_MCU_FOR_NON_AVR_DOCS: &'static str = "atmega328";
+
+fn main() {
+    let current_mcu = if avr_mcu::current::is_compiling_for_avr() {
+        avr_mcu::current::mcu()
+            .expect("no target cpu specified")
+    } else {
+        avr_mcu::microcontroller(DEFAULT_MCU_FOR_NON_AVR_DOCS)
+    };
+    let current_mcu_name = current_mcu.device.name.clone().to_lowercase();
+
+    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=avr_mcu_{}", &current_mcu_name);
+}
diff --git a/core_generator/src/main.rs b/core_generator/src/main.rs
index 59af759..f30a3d6 100644
--- a/core_generator/src/main.rs
+++ b/core_generator/src/main.rs
@@ -137,14 +137,6 @@ fn main() {
         fs::create_dir_all(&cores_path()).expect("could not create cores directory");
     }
 
-    let current_mcu = if avr_mcu::current::is_compiling_for_avr() {
-        avr_mcu::current::mcu()
-            .expect("no target cpu specified")
-    } else {
-        avr_mcu::microcontroller(DEFAULT_MCU_FOR_NON_AVR_DOCS)
-    };
-    let current_mcu_name = current_mcu.device.name.clone();
-
     let microcontrollers = avr_mcu::microcontrollers();
     let (count_total, mut cores_successful, mut cores_failed) = (microcontrollers.len(), Vec::new(), Vec::new());
 
@@ -184,9 +176,6 @@ fn main() {
     println!("statistics:");
     println!("  total successful: {}", cores_successful.len());
     println!("  total failed: {}", cores_failed.len());
-
-
-    println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=avr_mcu_{}", normalize_device_name(&current_mcu_name));
 }
 
 fn generate_cores(mcus: &[Mcu]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {