diff --git a/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC b/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
index 8c3162d6ae1..4ce3ffe059b 100644
--- a/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/riscv/conf/GENERIC
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ options 	TMPFS			# Efficient memory filesystem
 options 	GEOM_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
 options 	GEOM_RAID		# Soft RAID functionality.
 options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
+options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD12	# Compatible with FreeBSD12
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
 options 	STACK			# stack(9) support