diff --git a/board/ixdp425/config.mk b/board/ixdp425/config.mk
index 9f616f3..3420586 100644
--- a/board/ixdp425/config.mk
+++ b/board/ixdp425/config.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-#TEXT_BASE = 0x00100000
 TEXT_BASE = 0x00f80000
+
+# include NPE ethernet driver
+BOARDLIBS = cpu/ixp/npe/libnpe.a