diff --git a/include/configs/hummingboard.h b/include/configs/hummingboard.h
index 2895523344..34dbdce1a6 100644
--- a/include/configs/hummingboard.h
+++ b/include/configs/hummingboard.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(2 * SZ_1M)