diff --git a/tcl/target/u8500.cfg b/tcl/target/u8500.cfg
index e1368740e..348058c6c 100644
--- a/tcl/target/u8500.cfg
+++ b/tcl/target/u8500.cfg
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ if { [info exists DAP_DBG2] } {
 	set _DAP_DBG2 0x801AA000 
 }
 
-target create $_TARGETNAME_1 cortex_a8 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG1 -coreid 0
+target create $_TARGETNAME_1 cortex_a8 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG1 -coreid 0 -rtos linux
 
 $_TARGETNAME_1 configure -event gdb-attach {
 	halt
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ global _TARGETNAME_2
 set _TARGETNAME_2 $TARGETNAME_2
 }
 
-target create $_TARGETNAME_2 cortex_a8 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG2 -coreid 1
+target create $_TARGETNAME_2 cortex_a8 -chain-position $_CHIPNAME.dap -dbgbase $_DAP_DBG2 -coreid 1 -rtos linux
 
 $_TARGETNAME_2 configure -event gdb-attach {
 	halt