diff --git a/repos/os/include/os/slave.h b/repos/os/include/os/slave.h
index 10191659ac..5fb58297e1 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/os/slave.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/os/slave.h
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ namespace Genode {
 				_config_policy.load(config, Genode::strlen(config) + 1);
 			}
 
+			void configure(char const *config, size_t len)
+			{
+				_config_policy.load(config, len);
+			}
+
 
 			/****************************
 			 ** Child_policy interface **