diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
index 2f4117db29571a16cd4e469647bc56bdea2ed153..6a0240b903874890b5761cbd8d971d476928fb33 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_crane.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_OMAP		1	/* in a TI OMAP core */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP3_AM3517CRANE	1	/* working with CRANEBOARD */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_COMMON
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 /* Common ARM Erratas */
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_454179
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973
diff --git a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
index e5b462174ee1bdcc48afe47870ec98f28baf7a98..b90a60db0fec8b454d80a0fa498250482b4e4203 100644
--- a/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am3517_evm.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_OMAP		1	/* in a TI OMAP core */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP3_AM3517EVM	1	/* working with AM3517EVM */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_COMMON
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 /* Common ARM Erratas */
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_454179
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973