diff --git a/configs/pandaboard_defconfig b/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
index 3a6e383de0..3727e3d9cb 100644
--- a/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pandaboard_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_4=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyO2"
+BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/pandaboard/post-image.sh"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y