diff --git a/tools/topology/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/topology/CMakeLists.txt
index 26bf31d30..3c8ff443e 100644
--- a/tools/topology/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/topology/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ set(TPLGS
 	"sof-cml-rt1011-rt5682\;sof-cml-rt1011-rt5682\;-DPLATFORM=cml\;-DPPROC=volume"
 	"sof-cml-rt1011-rt5682\;sof-cml-eq-rt1011-rt5682\;-DPLATFORM=cml\;-DPPROC=eq-iir-eq-fir-volume"
 	"sof-tgl-nocodec\;sof-tgl-nocodec"
-	"sof-tgl-nocodec-ci\;sof-tgl-nocodec-ci"
 	"sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308\;sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308-2ch\;-DHDMI=1\;-DCHANNELS=2"
 	"sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308\;sof-tgl-rt711-i2s-rt1308-4ch\;-DHDMI=1\;-DCHANNELS=4"
 	"sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308\;sof-tgl-rt711-rt1308-2ch\;-DCHANNELS=2"
@@ -203,3 +202,5 @@ foreach(tplg ${TPLGS})
 	add_custom_target(topology_${output} DEPENDS ${output}.tplg)
 	add_dependencies(topologies topology_${output})
 endforeach()
+
+add_subdirectory(development)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/topology/development/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/topology/development/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..653ca28c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/topology/development/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+set(TPLGS
+	"sof-tgl-nocodec-ci\;sof-tgl-nocodec-ci"
+)
+
+add_custom_target(dev_topologies ALL)
+
+foreach(tplg ${TPLGS})
+	list(GET tplg 0 input)
+	list(GET tplg 1 output)
+	list(LENGTH tplg tplg_len)
+	math(EXPR num_args "${tplg_len} - 1")
+	set(DEFINES "")
+	if (${num_args} GREATER 1)
+		foreach(index RANGE 2 ${num_args})
+			list(GET tplg ${index} custom_define)
+			list(APPEND DEFINES ${custom_define})
+		endforeach()
+	endif()
+
+	add_custom_command(
+		OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${output}.conf
+		COMMAND m4 --fatal-warnings
+			${DEFINES}
+			-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../m4
+			-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common
+			-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../platform/common
+			-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../
+			-I ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../
+			${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/abi.m4
+			${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${input}.m4
+			> ${output}.conf
+		DEPENDS abi
+		VERBATIM
+		USES_TERMINAL
+	)
+
+# This use of VERBOSE relies on original CMake behavior.
+# From the add_custom_command() manual:
+#
+#    Use of VERBATIM is recommended as it enables correct behavior.
+#    When VERBATIM is not given the behavior is platform specific because
+#    there is no protection of tool-specific special characters.
+#
+# This is fine because:
+# - We don't expect alsatplg to work on Windows any time soon.
+# - CMake is too afraid to remove the original, no-VERBATIM behavior:
+#      https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/18849
+#
+# Also note that in alsa-utils commit v1.2.2~15-gcbabe7a3f0cc, alsatplg
+# (accidentally?) started ignoring the verbosity level, now it's just
+# verbose or not.
+	add_custom_command(
+		OUTPUT ${output}.tplg
+		COMMAND alsatplg \$\${VERBOSE:+-v 1} -c ${output}.conf -o ${output}.tplg
+		DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${output}.conf
+		USES_TERMINAL
+	)
+
+	add_custom_target(topology_${output} DEPENDS ${output}.tplg)
+	add_dependencies(dev_topologies topology_${output})
+endforeach()
diff --git a/tools/topology/sof-tgl-nocodec-ci.m4 b/tools/topology/development/sof-tgl-nocodec-ci.m4
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/topology/sof-tgl-nocodec-ci.m4
rename to tools/topology/development/sof-tgl-nocodec-ci.m4