diff --git a/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h b/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
index 7a2c172d4a84c5c982eb1712a7537e7ec1367e73..e59a3b4b058768d1f641ba4e73f2f85a9e26c575 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx6sabre_common.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /* Size of malloc() pool */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN		(10 * SZ_1M)