diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/mikrotik/config-default b/target/linux/ipq40xx/mikrotik/config-default
index ac1113bdc2..01b9b4562d 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/mikrotik/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/mikrotik/config-default
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 CONFIG_MTD_ROUTERBOOT_PARTS=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_MINOR_FW=y