diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/Makefile b/target/linux/ipq40xx/Makefile
index 9b78d1f1bfc5c6145e584ee988cad6bf8296175b..9e26b277fa379b2e4beb21a121b5bb41f3c91603 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs fpu ramdisk nand
 CPU_TYPE:=cortex-a7
 CPU_SUBTYPE:=neon-vfpv4
 MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+SUBTARGETS:=generic
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.19
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/generic/target.mk b/target/linux/ipq40xx/generic/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5cb1fb19b943f3c55a4110be4a33f41a26d13d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/generic/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BOARDNAME:=Generic
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/Makefile b/target/linux/ipq806x/Makefile
index cd0e8b82ea31645a9dd1d3dcf4a61a807c0db543..19ed015ebce4702e57f9322b874f02124c86eff4 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ FEATURES:=squashfs nand fpu ramdisk
 CPU_TYPE:=cortex-a15
 CPU_SUBTYPE:=neon-vfpv4
 MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
+SUBTARGETS:=generic
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.14
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/generic/target.mk b/target/linux/ipq806x/generic/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5cb1fb19b943f3c55a4110be4a33f41a26d13d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/generic/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BOARDNAME:=Generic