diff --git a/configs/lego_ev3_defconfig b/configs/lego_ev3_defconfig
index 1ddc4f97b6..1521fa7cc4 100644
--- a/configs/lego_ev3_defconfig
+++ b/configs/lego_ev3_defconfig
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_UIMAGE=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_3=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+
+# U-Boot
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2016.09.01"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="legoev3"