diff --git a/target/linux/linux-2.4/config/brcm b/target/linux/linux-2.4/config/brcm
index a27a0758c5..f496c3358a 100644
--- a/target/linux/linux-2.4/config/brcm
+++ b/target/linux/linux-2.4/config/brcm
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y
 CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m
 CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
 # CONFIG_NETFILTER_DEBUG is not set
-# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
+CONFIG_FILTER=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
 CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y