diff --git a/include/configs/at91rm9200ek.h b/include/configs/at91rm9200ek.h
index a30c016b41cd4f6d74bf655e7897d33c308a0039..735c82aa8d735e536faedebc09a96150864fd643 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91rm9200ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91rm9200ek.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /*
  * Memory Configuration
  */
diff --git a/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h b/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
index 73917b0ec17b878c4f46dc488b36e4cf06a038cb..0f6ef31e9a70de664505d4c3e56078ad313e9300 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91sam9260ek.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 /* general purpose I/O */
 #define CONFIG_ATMEL_LEGACY		/* required until (g)pio is fixed */
 #define CONFIG_AT91_GPIO
diff --git a/include/configs/at91sam9261ek.h b/include/configs/at91sam9261ek.h
index 226f8c1612a0c7c43e0166f72113f04268c41b66..2cc0b8bf762f3aeb04a99c0174f0fb3caa979353 100644
--- a/include/configs/at91sam9261ek.h
+++ b/include/configs/at91sam9261ek.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
+
 #define CONFIG_ATMEL_LEGACY
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x21f00000