diff --git a/target/linux/atheros/config-2.6.37 b/target/linux/atheros/config-2.6.37
index cb093dc97..739efc7b1 100644
--- a/target/linux/atheros/config-2.6.37
+++ b/target/linux/atheros/config-2.6.37
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_KRETPROBES=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_OPROFILE=y
 CONFIG_HW_HAS_PCI=y
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
+CONFIG_IP17XX_PHY=y
 CONFIG_IMAGE_CMDLINE_HACK=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 CONFIG_IRQ_CPU=y