diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
index c7a25451c9..4827d90ee2 100644
--- a/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BOARD:=kirkwood
 BOARDNAME:=Marvell Kirkwood
 FEATURES:=usb nand squashfs ramdisk
 CPU_TYPE:=xscale
+SUBTARGETS:=generic
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=5.10
 KERNEL_TESTING_PATCHVER:=5.15
diff --git a/target/linux/kirkwood/generic/target.mk b/target/linux/kirkwood/generic/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5cb1fb19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/kirkwood/generic/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BOARDNAME:=Generic