diff --git a/make_netboot.sh b/make_netboot.sh
index 08416943d1..a95bd9187c 100755
--- a/make_netboot.sh
+++ b/make_netboot.sh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fi
 # and thus we only build kernel here. If this script is run against install
 # shim with different kernel version, this might not work. But as we don't
 # upgrade kernel so often, this is probably fine.
-export USE='vfat blkdevram fbconsole'
+export USE='vfat blkdevram fbconsole i2cdev'
 export EMERGE_BOARD_CMD="emerge-${FLAGS_board}"
 emerge_custom_kernel ${temp_build_path}