diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/nand/config-default b/target/linux/apm821xx/nand/config-default
index f9950275872..220ee3b9c0f 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/nand/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/nand/config-default
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_RAW_NAND=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT=20
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BLOCK=y
+CONFIG_MTD_UBI_NVMEM=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD=4096
 CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK=y
 CONFIG_NET_DSA=y