diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/am335x_mlo_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/am335x_mlo_defconfig
index b8dc4e04e..19f78d0ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/am335x_mlo_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/am335x_mlo_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP=y
+CONFIG_OMAP_BUILD_IFT=y
 CONFIG_OMAP_MULTI_BOARDS=y
 CONFIG_MACH_BEAGLEBONE=y
 CONFIG_MACH_PCM051=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig
index 44585724f..732de15fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap/Kconfig
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ config OMAP_GPMC
 
 config OMAP_BUILD_IFT
 	prompt "build ift binary (MLO)"
-	depends on !OMAP_MULTI_BOARDS
 	bool
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to build an MLO binary. On TI SoCs, this
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ config OMAP_BUILD_IFT
 
 config OMAP_BUILD_SPI
 	prompt "build SPI binary"
-	depends on !OMAP_MULTI_BOARDS
 	bool
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to build an barebox.spi image as used