diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
index 6d51746..1e77486 100644
--- a/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
+++ b/poky/meta/conf/machine/qemumips64.conf
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux"
 KERNEL_ALT_IMAGETYPE = "vmlinux.bin"
 
+UBOOT_MACHINE ?= "qemu_mips64_defconfig"
+
 SERIAL_CONSOLES ?= "115200;ttyS0 115200;ttyS1"
 
 QB_SYSTEM_NAME = "qemu-system-mips64"