diff --git a/include/configs/devkit8000.h b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
index 930b08e2f9d951b545b44602566556055bf9f281..77e2f587bde69c02014415a01eacad4ba01bec08 100644
--- a/include/configs/devkit8000.h
+++ b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_DEVKIT8000
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_GPIO
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_COMMON
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 
 /*
  * 1MB into the SDRAM to allow for SPL's bss at the beginning of SDRAM