diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 02d3cd4b124..1adca2c3df0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ config ATH79
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select IRQ_CPU
+	select MIPS_MACHINE
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R2
 	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/machtypes.h b/arch/mips/ath79/machtypes.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fac0e26a243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/machtypes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ *  Atheros AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X machine type definitions
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008 Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ *  by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ATH79_MACHTYPE_H
+#define _ATH79_MACHTYPE_H
+
+#include <asm/mips_machine.h>
+
+enum ath79_mach_type {
+	ATH79_MACH_GENERIC = 0,
+};
+
+#endif /* _ATH79_MACHTYPE_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
index 29dde98f49e..5e574029870 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/setup.c
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 #include <asm/bootinfo.h>
 #include <asm/time.h>		/* for mips_hpt_frequency */
 #include <asm/reboot.h>		/* for _machine_{restart,halt} */
+#include <asm/mips_machine.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-ath79/ath79.h>
 #include <asm/mach-ath79/ar71xx_regs.h>
 #include "common.h"
 #include "dev-common.h"
+#include "machtypes.h"
 
 #define ATH79_SYS_TYPE_LEN	64
 
@@ -184,7 +186,20 @@ static int __init ath79_setup(void)
 {
 	ath79_gpio_init();
 	ath79_register_uart();
+
+	mips_machine_setup();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 arch_initcall(ath79_setup);
+
+static void __init ath79_generic_init(void)
+{
+	/* Nothing to do */
+}
+
+MIPS_MACHINE(ATH79_MACH_GENERIC,
+	     "Generic",
+	     "Generic AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X based board",
+	     ath79_generic_init);