diff --git a/include/configs/mx53evk.h b/include/configs/mx53evk.h
index 3f0d80ac68034f36d460731db74321f97fe73d09..5bbae8cf7d98f2f82078441b39bfdb6701926d98 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx53evk.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx53evk.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 
 /* Size of malloc() pool */