diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/AP94 b/sys/mips/conf/AP94
index ce9190edcb2c..bc8c345dd73e 100644
--- a/sys/mips/conf/AP94
+++ b/sys/mips/conf/AP94
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ options		GEOM_UZIP
 options		ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:md0.uzip\"
 options		AR71XX_REALMEM=32*1024*1024
 
+options		AR71XX_ENV_UBOOT
+
 # options		MD_ROOT
 # options		MD_ROOT_SIZE="6144"
 
diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/AP96 b/sys/mips/conf/AP96
index dc3029f00254..b7c1ef622cd6 100644
--- a/sys/mips/conf/AP96
+++ b/sys/mips/conf/AP96
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ options		GEOM_UZIP
 options		ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:md0.uzip\"
 options		AR71XX_REALMEM=64*1024*1024
 
+options		AR71XX_ENV_UBOOT
+
 # options		MD_ROOT
 # options		MD_ROOT_SIZE="6144"