diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/config-4.19 b/target/linux/ath79/config-4.19
index eaaedd6c512..3679f0c0c98 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/config-4.19
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/config-4.19
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_M25P80=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PARSER_CYBERTAN=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_ELF_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_LZMA_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_SEAMA_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_TPLINK_FW=y
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/config-5.4 b/target/linux/ath79/config-5.4
index 0f5352a9210..25c3a08e693 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/config-5.4
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/config-5.4
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PARSER_CYBERTAN=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_ELF_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_LZMA_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_SEAMA_FW=y
 CONFIG_MTD_SPLIT_TPLINK_FW=y