diff --git a/target/linux/ep93xx/Makefile b/target/linux/ep93xx/Makefile
index be8f124641c50d04f7324d4438ae5c9b783f486f..d8f20b8b4a794589c68567977eabd318ca2f7ac0 100644
--- a/target/linux/ep93xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ep93xx/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ MAINTAINER:=Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.3.8
 
+DEVICE_TYPE:=developerboard
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 
 KERNELNAME:="uImage"