diff --git a/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig b/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
index 6e0371a7d3..5f084b77df 100644
--- a/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beaglebone_qt5_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_GLIBC=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_4_19=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_CXX=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_CREATION_DYNAMIC_EUDEV=y
+BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY="board/beaglebone/rootfs_overlay"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/beaglebone/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="support/scripts/genimage.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_SCRIPT_ARGS="-c board/beaglebone/genimage.cfg"