diff --git a/projects/common/altera/sys_gen.tcl b/projects/common/altera/sys_gen.tcl
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+
+# globals
+
+set_global_assignment -name SYNCHRONIZER_IDENTIFICATION AUTO
+set_global_assignment -name ENABLE_ADVANCED_IO_TIMING ON
+set_global_assignment -name USE_TIMEQUEST_TIMING_ANALYZER ON
+set_global_assignment -name TIMEQUEST_DO_REPORT_TIMING ON
+set_global_assignment -name TIMEQUEST_DO_CCPP_REMOVAL ON
+set_global_assignment -name TIMEQUEST_REPORT_SCRIPT $ad_hdl_dir/projects/scripts/adi_tquest.tcl
+set_global_assignment -name ON_CHIP_BITSTREAM_DECOMPRESSION OFF
+
+# library paths
+
+set ad_lib_folders "$ad_hdl_dir/library/**/*;$ad_phdl_dir/library/**/*"
+
+set_user_option -name USER_IP_SEARCH_PATHS $ad_lib_folders
+set_global_assignment -name IP_SEARCH_PATHS $ad_lib_folders
+
+# qsys-script is a crippled tool, so work around is generate a run-time one
+
+set mmu_enabled 1
+if [info exists ::env(ALT_NIOS_MMU_ENABLED)] {
+  set mmu_enabled $::env(ALT_NIOS_MMU_ENABLED)
+}
+
+set QFILE [open "system_qsys_script.tcl" "w"]
+puts $QFILE "set mmu_enabled $mmu_enabled"
+puts $QFILE "set ad_hdl_dir $ad_hdl_dir"
+puts $QFILE "set ad_phdl_dir $ad_phdl_dir"
+puts $QFILE "source system_qsys.tcl"
+close $QFILE
+
+exec -ignorestderr $quartus(quartus_rootpath)/sopc_builder/bin/qsys-script \
+  --script=system_qsys_script.tcl
+