diff --git a/include/configs/mx53loco.h b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
index 5859f360e0..12d79b4559 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53loco.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53loco.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * 1024 * 1024)