diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ramips/image/Makefile
index f34eba79cd..7196a4664f 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ define Device/Default
   PROFILES = Default $$(DTS)
   KERNEL_DEPENDS = $$(wildcard ../dts/$$(DTS).dts)
   KERNEL := $(KERNEL_DTB) | uImage lzma
+  DEVICE_DTS_DIR := ../dts
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin
   IMAGE_SIZE := $(ralink_default_fw_size_8M)
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES = $(1)
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/rt288x.mk b/target/linux/ramips/image/rt288x.mk
index 53fc99abda..fbe50a2824 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/rt288x.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/rt288x.mk
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += ar725w
 
 define Device/f5d8235-v1
-  DTS := F5D8235_V1
   IMAGE_SIZE := 7744k
   DEVICE_TITLE := Belkin F5D8235 V1
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-switch-rtl8366s kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-ohci \
     kmod-usb-ohci-pci kmod-usb2 kmod-usb2-pci kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport
+  DEVICE_DTS := F5D8235_V1
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | uImage lzma
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | uImage lzma
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += f5d8235-v1
 
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/rt288x/config-4.4 b/target/linux/ramips/rt288x/config-4.4
index 5f29322874..bff04da39a 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/rt288x/config-4.4
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/rt288x/config-4.4
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ CONFIG_MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=4
 CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT_4=y
 # CONFIG_MIPS_MACHINE is not set
-CONFIG_MIPS_NO_APPENDED_DTB=y
-# CONFIG_MIPS_RAW_APPENDED_DTB is not set
+# CONFIG_MIPS_NO_APPENDED_DTB is not set
+CONFIG_MIPS_RAW_APPENDED_DTB=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_SPRAM=y
 CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_REL=y
 # CONFIG_MTD_CFI_INTELEXT is not set