diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_evm_common.h b/include/configs/omap3_evm_common.h
index 7e7f6f2e9f4..0ebe5c118bc 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_evm_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_evm_common.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_OMAP			/* This is TI OMAP core */
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_GPIO
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_COMMON
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
 /* Common ARM Erratas */
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_454179
 #define CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973