diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
index 3897dd49b..26ac0ab10 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ define Image/BuildLoader
 	-rm -rf $(KDIR)/lzma-loader
 	$(LOADER_MAKE) LOADER=loader-$(1).$(2) KERNEL_CMDLINE="$(3)"\
 		LZMA_TEXT_START=0x80a00000 LOADADDR=0x80060000 \
-		LOADER_DATA="$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.lzma" \
+		LOADER_DATA="$(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.lzma" BOARD="$(1)" \
 		compile loader.$(2)
 endef
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ define Image/BuildLoaderAlone
 	-rm -rf $(KDIR)/lzma-loader
 	$(LOADER_MAKE) LOADER=loader-$(1).$(2) KERNEL_CMDLINE="$(3)" \
 		LZMA_TEXT_START=0x80a00000 LOADADDR=0x80060000 \
-		FLASH_OFFS=$(4) FLASH_MAX=$(5) \
+		BOARD="$(1)" FLASH_OFFS=$(4) FLASH_MAX=$(5) \
 		compile loader.$(2)
 endef
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/Makefile
index 8d36691cb..2e0b9111f 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ LOADER_DATA 	:=
 TARGET_DIR	:=
 FLASH_OFFS	:=
 FLASH_MAX	:=
+BOARD		:=
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_DIR),)
 TARGET_DIR	:= $(KDIR)
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ loader-compile: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.prepared
 		LOADER_DATA=$(LOADER_DATA) \
 		FLASH_OFFS=$(FLASH_OFFS) \
 		FLASH_MAX=$(FLASH_MAX) \
+		BOARD="$(BOARD)" \
 		clean all
 
 loader.gz: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/loader.bin
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/src/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/src/Makefile
index c5965c9bd..3e6839c7c 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/src/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/lzma-loader/src/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 LOADADDR	:=
 LZMA_TEXT_START	:= 0x80a00000
 LOADER_DATA	:=
-CONFIG_BOARD	:=
+BOARD		:=
 FLASH_OFFS	:=
 FLASH_MAX	:=
 
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ ifneq ($(strip $(FLASH_MAX)),)
 CFLAGS		+= -DCONFIG_FLASH_MAX=$(FLASH_MAX)
 endif
 
+BOARD_DEF := $(shell echo $(strip $(BOARD)) | tr a-z A-Z | tr - _)
+ifneq ($(BOARD_DEF),)
+CFLAGS		+= -DCONFIG_BOARD_$(BOARD_DEF)
+endif
+
 all: loader.bin
 
 # Don't build dependencies, this may die if $(CC) isn't gcc