diff --git a/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c b/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
index 83a489e9de..4e4fb386ef 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/common/fdt_fixup.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void ipq_fdt_fixup_version(void *blob)
 {
 	int nodeoff, ret;
 	char ver[OEM_VERSION_STRING_LENGTH + VERSION_STRING_LENGTH + 1];
+	uint32_t machid;
 
 	nodeoff = fdt_path_offset(blob, "/");
 
@@ -104,6 +105,16 @@ void ipq_fdt_fixup_version(void *blob)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	machid = smem_get_board_platform_type();
+
+	if (machid) {
+		ret = fdt_setprop(blob, nodeoff, "machid",
+				  &machid, sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+		if (ret)
+			debug("fdt-fixup: unable to set machid(%d)\n", ret);
+	}
+
 	if (!smem_get_build_version(ver, sizeof(ver), BOOT_VERSION)) {
 		debug("BOOT Build Version:  %s\n", ver);
 		ret = fdt_setprop(blob, nodeoff, "boot_version",