diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index e826e2dbd2036f03790ed269573ff426c5c12304..be6bb9366dd1be10307501f39fb4289a68fa868a 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT		/* Device Tree support */
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /* general purpose I/O */
 #define CONFIG_AT91_GPIO