diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
index 498b807ce7e1fdb2fa4f546abd9abf22187f670f..6ac597e488c81cfeb8f826893b2a35a1c59d0f37 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ (define (make-u-boot-package board triplet)
                                     (find-files "." ".*\\.(bin|efi|img|spl)$")
                                     (find-files "." "^MLO$"))))
                  (mkdir-p libexec)
+                 (install-file ".config" libexec)
                  (for-each
                   (lambda (file)
                     (let ((target-file (string-append libexec "/" file)))