diff --git a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
index 447d7d406..1cde8566b 100644
--- a/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
+++ b/buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_VIM=y
 # BR2_PACKAGE_VIM_RUNTIME is not set
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARDNAME="coreboot"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RAUC=y