diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/IMX53 b/sys/arm/conf/IMX53
index 898934468506..e32c67b7b7a0 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/IMX53
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/IMX53
@@ -117,3 +117,4 @@ device		wlan_amrr		# AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
 
 # Flattened Device Tree
 options 	FDT			# Configure using FDT/DTB data
+makeoptions	MODULES_EXTRA=dtb/imx5