diff --git a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
index b4de11bb7..2e1207c1e 100755
--- a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
+++ b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
@@ -368,7 +368,12 @@ function genconfig {
 		    cat $target_config_path/$BOARDTYPE/config >> .config
 		    echo "" >> .config
 		fi
-
+		# hack to support custom-devices until we have deprecated this genconfig-script...
+		if [ -f "feeds/custom_devices/devices/$target/config/$BOARDTYPE/config" ]; then
+			cat "feeds/custom_devices/devices/$target/config/$BOARDTYPE/config" >> .config
+			echo "" >> .config
+		fi
+		
 		# Special handling for targets which use TARGET_DEVICES
 		case "$target" in
 		airoha | mediatek | brcmbca | ipq95xx | ipq53xx)
diff --git a/iop/scripts/genconfig_min.sh b/iop/scripts/genconfig_min.sh
index fcf5cb7a9..805cf2cab 100644
--- a/iop/scripts/genconfig_min.sh
+++ b/iop/scripts/genconfig_min.sh
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ function genconfig_min {
 		    cat $target_config_path/$BOARDTYPE/config >> .config
 		    echo "" >> .config
 		fi
+		# hack to support custom-devices until we have deprecated this genconfig-script...
+		if [ -f "feeds/custom_devices/devices/$target/config/$BOARDTYPE/config" ]; then
+			cat "feeds/custom_devices/devices/$target/config/$BOARDTYPE/config" >> .config
+			echo "" >> .config
+		fi
 
 		# Special handling for targets which use TARGET_DEVICES
 		case "$target" in