diff --git a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_micro_defconfig b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_micro_defconfig
index 6d05f74bea..420252c2c3 100644
--- a/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_micro_defconfig
+++ b/configs/olimex_a20_olinuxino_micro_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="a20-olinuxino"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to OLinuXino!"
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_GETTY_PORT="ttyS0"
+BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/olimex/a20_olinuxino/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="board/olimex/a20_olinuxino/boot.cmd $(TARGET_DIR)/boot"