diff --git a/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA b/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
index 26940db1b92..7b951b92682 100644
--- a/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
+++ b/sys/mips/conf/std.MALTA
@@ -55,3 +55,10 @@ device		miibus
 device		bpf
 device		md
 device		uart
+
+# VirtIO support
+device		virtio		# Generic VirtIO bus (required)
+device		virtio_pci	# VirtIO PCI Interface
+device		vtnet		# VirtIO Ethernet device
+device		virtio_blk	# VirtIO Block device
+device		virtio_random	# VirtIO Entropy device