diff --git a/board/qemu/or1k/readme.txt b/board/qemu/or1k/readme.txt
index 2ea797440a..ed0359a0f5 100644
--- a/board/qemu/or1k/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/or1k/readme.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,3 @@ Run the emulation with:
  qemu-system-or1k -kernel output/images/vmlinux -nographic # qemu_or1k_defconfig
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
-
-Ethernet support is not working, yet.
diff --git a/configs/qemu_or1k_defconfig b/configs/qemu_or1k_defconfig
index 166e5ea5ca..37b980a9bd 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_or1k_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_or1k_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Architecture
 BR2_or1k=y
 
+# System
+BR2_SYSTEM_DHCP="eth0"
+
 # Filesystem
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y