diff --git a/configs/targets/nios2-softmmu.mak b/configs/targets/nios2-softmmu.mak
index 1e93b54cd1..5823fc02c8 100644
--- a/configs/targets/nios2-softmmu.mak
+++ b/configs/targets/nios2-softmmu.mak
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 TARGET_ARCH=nios2
 TARGET_ALIGNED_ONLY=y
+TARGET_NEED_FDT=y