diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m4_express/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m4_express/mpconfigboard.mk
index 76c60b44646..0ab7e10c4e1 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m4_express/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/hallowing_m4_express/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_EPAPERDISPLAY = 0
 CIRCUITPY_FLOPPYIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_I2CDISPLAYBUS = 0
 CIRCUITPY_I2CTARGET = 0
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_MSGPACK = 0
 CIRCUITPY_PARALLELDISPLAYBUS = 0
 CIRCUITPY_RGBMATRIX = 0
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/kicksat-sprite/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/kicksat-sprite/mpconfigboard.mk
index 9f7d1e0a39b..b20242a4361 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/kicksat-sprite/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/kicksat-sprite/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_PIXELMAP = 0
 CIRCUITPY_GETPASS = 0
 CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD = 0
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_MSGPACK = 0
 CIRCUITPY_PIXELBUF = 0
 CIRCUITPY_PS2IO = 0
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/pewpew_m4/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/pewpew_m4/mpconfigboard.mk
index 0f239fae93a..9874cc51667 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/pewpew_m4/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/pewpew_m4/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_BUSDEVICE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPFILTER = 0
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPTOOLS = 0
 CIRCUITPY_GIFIO = 0
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE = 0
 CIRCUITPY_WATCHDOG = 0
 
 CIRCUITPY_AUDIOIO = 1
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/uartlogger2/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/uartlogger2/mpconfigboard.mk
index 3ce42ed3a7e..be53ef81119 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/boards/uartlogger2/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/boards/uartlogger2/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ CIRCUITPY_SYNTHIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_JPEGIO = 0
 CIRCUITPY_TERMINALIO_VT100 = 0
 CIRCUITPY_TILEPALETTEMAPPER = 0
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE = 0
diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
index f846f490aa4..7da0436c719 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_ALARM ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_BITMAPFILTER ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_FLOPPYIO ?= $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
 CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO ?= $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_MAX3421E ?= $(HAS_1MB_FLASH)
 CIRCUITPY_PS2IO ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_RGBMATRIX ?= $(CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO)