diff --git a/configs/beelink_gs1_defconfig b/configs/beelink_gs1_defconfig
index c34bd4e860..80b111aee7 100644
--- a/configs/beelink_gs1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beelink_gs1_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
 BR2_ARM_FPU_VFPV4=y
 BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to Beelink GS1"
+# MDEV is required to autoload the ethernet driver module
+BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_MDEV=y
+BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/beelink/gs1/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/beelink/gs1/genimage.cfg"