diff --git a/package/kernel/mt76/Makefile b/package/kernel/mt76/Makefile
index baced1baf1..3c7494a964 100644
--- a/package/kernel/mt76/Makefile
+++ b/package/kernel/mt76/Makefile
@@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-mt7921e
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-mt7996e
   PKG_MAKE_FLAGS += CONFIG_MT7996E=m
+  ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_airoha_an7581
+    PKG_MAKE_FLAGS += CONFIG_MT76_NPU=y
+    PKG_MAKE_FLAGS += CONFIG_MT7996_NPU=y
+    NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -DCONFIG_MT76_NPU
+    NOSTDINC_FLAGS += -DCONFIG_MT7996_NPU
+  endif
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-mt7925-common
   PKG_MAKE_FLAGS += CONFIG_MT7925_COMMON=m