diff --git a/include/configs/ipq5018.h b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
index 0878a42b60..0c5b22301a 100644
--- a/include/configs/ipq5018.h
+++ b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NO_FLASH
 #define CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE		64
 #define CONFIG_CMD_CACHE
+#define CONFIG_IPQ_NO_RELOC
 
 #define CONFIG_IPQ5018_UART
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS			1