diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index 55aff7d087..607659114e 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ menu "Target Images"
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ar71xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ramips
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_apm821xx
+			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_mpc85xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
 			depends on TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS
 			help
diff --git a/target/linux/mpc85xx/p1020/target.mk b/target/linux/mpc85xx/p1020/target.mk
index c111d7a4af..5d84d83205 100644
--- a/target/linux/mpc85xx/p1020/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/mpc85xx/p1020/target.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BOARDNAME:=P1020
+FEATURES += ramdisk
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build firmware images for Freescale P1020 based boards.
 endef
-