diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index d96618c91103..15430599a6ac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ config MIPS_GENERIC_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_RELOCATABLE
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMARTMIPS
+	select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
 	select UHI_BOOT
 	select USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC if CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO if CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/arch/mips/generic/Platform b/arch/mips/generic/Platform
index 53c33cb72974..4cefecf7d14b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/generic/Platform
+++ b/arch/mips/generic/Platform
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 cflags-$(CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC)	+= -I$(srctree)/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-generic
 load-$(CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC)	+= 0xffffffff80100000
+zload-$(CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC)	+= 0xffffffff81000000
 all-$(CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC)	:= vmlinux.gz.itb
 
 its-y					:= vmlinux.its.S