diff --git a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
index b780617b33..f35ffc71c4 100644
--- a/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
+++ b/boot/at91bootstrap3/at91bootstrap3.mk
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ AT91BOOTSTRAP3_SITE = $(call github,linux4sam,at91bootstrap,$(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_VER
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 
-AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG = \
-	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG))
-AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE = \
-	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE))
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR = \
 	$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_PATCH_DIR))
 
@@ -27,16 +23,6 @@ endef
 AT91BOOTSTRAP3_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += AT91BOOTSTRAP3_APPLY_CUSTOM_PATCHES
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
-define AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	$(MAKE) $(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D) $(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG)_defconfig
-endef
-else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
-define AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	cp $(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE) $(@D)/.config
-endef
-endif
-
 define AT91BOOTSTRAP3_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) $(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_MAKE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
 endef
@@ -45,18 +31,25 @@ define AT91BOOTSTRAP3_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
 	cp $(@D)/binaries/*.bin $(BINARIES_DIR)
 endef
 
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
+AT91BOOTSTRAP3_KCONFIG_FILE = $(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DIR)/board/*/$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG))_defconfig
+else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
+AT91BOOTSTRAP3_KCONFIG_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE))
+endif
+AT91BOOTSTRAP3_KCONFIG_EDITORS = menuconfig xconfig gconfig
+AT91BOOTSTRAP3_KCONFIG_OPTS = $(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_MAKE_OPTS)
+$(eval $(kconfig-package))
 
 # Checks to give errors that the user can understand
 ifeq ($(filter source,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_DEFCONFIG),y)
-ifeq ($(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG),)
+ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG)),)
 $(error No at91bootstrap3 defconfig name specified, check your BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_DEFCONFIG setting)
 endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG),y)
-ifeq ($(AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE),)
+ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE)),)
 $(error No at91bootstrap3 configuration file specified, check your BR2_TARGET_AT91BOOTSTRAP3_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE setting)
 endif
 endif