diff --git a/include/configs/socrates.h b/include/configs/socrates.h
index 292b5145b97eb04cdf00d793573f5e9ff10cf7d3..50911ae2591130d28986f92aae8dce032f51055a 100644
--- a/include/configs/socrates.h
+++ b/include/configs/socrates.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_E500		1	/* BOOKE e500 family		*/
 #define CONFIG_MPC8544		1
 #define CONFIG_SOCRATES		1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+#define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
 #define	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE	0xfff80000