diff --git a/board/freescale/warpboard/README b/board/freescale/warpboard/README
index d900c6d8dc..55d51f8733 100644
--- a/board/freescale/warpboard/README
+++ b/board/freescale/warpboard/README
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ $ hciconfig hci0 up
 Using Wifi
 ==========
 
-Enable the wireless_utils and wpa_suplicant packages, and then run:
-
 # modprobe brcmfmac
 # iwconfig wlan0 essid ACCESSPOINTNAME
 # wpa_passphrase ACCESSPOINTNAME > /etc/wpa.conf
diff --git a/configs/warpboard_defconfig b/configs/warpboard_defconfig
index 5e6d27e8e8..19425b3645 100644
--- a/configs/warpboard_defconfig
+++ b/configs/warpboard_defconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="imx6sl-warp"
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_BRCM_BCM43XX=y
 
+# wireless packages
+BR2_PACKAGE_WIRELESS_TOOLS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_WPA_SUPPLICANT_PASSPHRASE=y
+
 # uboot
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARDNAME="warp"