diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template b/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
index b09cd8f842b..92d1d29601d 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/config-template
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ CONFIG_SUNRPC_GSS=m
 # CONFIG_SUN_PARTITION is not set
 CONFIG_SWAP=y
 # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_CS is not set
-# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
+CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=y
 CONFIG_SYSFS=y