diff --git a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
index c715e4b993..36731f2b6e 100644
--- a/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
+++ b/package/utils/busybox/Config-defaults.in
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_TRUE
 	default y
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_TRUNCATE
 	bool
+	default y if TARGET_bcm53xx
 	default n
 config BUSYBOX_DEFAULT_TTY
 	bool