diff --git a/iop/configs/target/intel_mips/config b/iop/configs/target/intel_mips/config
index b7821444e..ce57d1b12 100644
--- a/iop/configs/target/intel_mips/config
+++ b/iop/configs/target/intel_mips/config
@@ -59,3 +59,6 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_LTQ_WAVE_500B=y
 # CONFIG_PACKAGE_libcgroup is not set
 # CONFIG_PACKAGE_libcgroup-daemon is not set
 # CONFIG_PACKAGE_libdatamodel is not set
+
+# CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS is not set
+# CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_SQUASHFS is not set
diff --git a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
index fe35cd9fe..6490e5281 100755
--- a/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
+++ b/iop/scripts/genconfig.sh
@@ -256,8 +256,20 @@ function genconfig {
 		fi
 
 		# Set target and profile
-		echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}=y" >> .config
-		echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}_${BOARDTYPE}=y" >> .config
+
+		#special handling for intel_mips which use TARGET_DEVICES
+		if [ "$target" = "intel_mips" ]; then
+			subtarget="xrx500"
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}=y" >> .config
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}_${subtarget}=y" >> .config
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_MULTI_PROFILE=y" >> .config
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_PER_DEVICE_ROOTFS=y" >> .config
+			device=$(echo $BOARDTYPE | tr a-z A-Z)
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_${target}_${subtarget}_DEVICE_${device}=y" >> .config
+		else
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}=y" >> .config
+			echo "CONFIG_TARGET_${target}_${BOARDTYPE}=y" >> .config
+		fi
 
 		echo "$CUSTOMER $BOARDTYPE" > $CURRENT_CONFIG_FILE