diff --git a/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.31.config b/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.31.config
index 76772e850a..83df7d0154 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.31.config
+++ b/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.31.config
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB=y
 #
 # String and Stdio Support
 #
-# UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT is not set
+UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED=y
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.33.config b/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.33.config
index 1b07d4a0a9..88dc7fad19 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.33.config
+++ b/package/uclibc/uClibc-0.9.33.config
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB=y
 #
 # String and Stdio Support
 #
-# UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT is not set
+UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED=y
diff --git a/package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config b/package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config
index ffc15358a4..1f04561e3f 100644
--- a/package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config
+++ b/package/uclibc/uClibc-snapshot.config
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ UCLIBC_HAS_LIBNSL_STUB=y
 #
 # String and Stdio Support
 #
-# UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT is not set
+UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES=y
 UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED=y