diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
index ecc46bc6b12..fc9ffa6de96 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
@@ -419,6 +419,12 @@ define Device/aruba_ap-175
   DEVICE_MODEL := AP-175
   IMAGE_SIZE := 16000k
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-gpio-pca953x kmod-hwmon-lm75 kmod-i2c-gpio kmod-rtc-ds1374
+  LOADER_TYPE := bin
+  LOADER_FLASH_OFFS := 0x42000
+  COMPILE := loader-$(1).bin
+  COMPILE/loader-$(1).bin := loader-okli-compile
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | uImage lzma -M 0x4f4b4c49 | loader-okli $(1) 8128 | uImage none
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | loader-kernel | uImage none
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += aruba_ap-175