diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
index 53471c637ce1ec17eeb70ca7aa6c2f1f06b2c3ec..8c8c272f9807bcc22f545cf72fa3f82bb5c47df1 100644
--- a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 ARCH:=arm
 BOARD:=kirkwood
 BOARDNAME:=Marvell Kirkwood
-FEATURES:=usb nand squashfs
+FEATURES:=usb nand squashfs ramdisk
 CPU_TYPE:=xscale
 MAINTAINER:=Luka Perkov <luka@openwrt.org>