diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/nand/config-default b/target/linux/ath79/nand/config-default
index c04a3d19900..3072feea2f2 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/nand/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/nand/config-default
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_LZO_DECOMPRESS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND_AR934X=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND_CORE=y
+CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_BCH=y
 CONFIG_MTD_RAW_NAND=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NAND=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y