diff --git a/config/Config-images.in b/config/Config-images.in
index df9f64aad2dfaa..c2d7af7a80b105 100644
--- a/config/Config-images.in
+++ b/config/Config-images.in
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ menu "Target Images"
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_lantiq
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_mpc85xx
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ramips
-			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA if TARGET_ath79_generic_DEVICE_huawei_ap5030dn
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD if TARGET_qualcommax
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ if USES_SEPARATE_INITRAMFS
 			default TARGET_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/files/arch/mips/ap5030dn_initcall.c b/target/linux/ath79/files/arch/mips/ap5030dn_initcall.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 45aaf42bcee064..00000000000000
--- a/target/linux/ath79/files/arch/mips/ap5030dn_initcall.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-
-static void __init ap5030dn_test_toggle_gpio(void)
-{
-    printk(KERN_INFO "AP5030DN WDT\n");
-    asdfasdf
-}
-early_initcall(ap5030dn_test_toggle_gpio);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
index 8328be7667cf8d..4392bdd4519f8a 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ define Build/append-loader-okli-uimage
 	cat "$(KDIR)/loader-$(word 1,$(1)).uImage" >> "$@"
 endef
 
+define Build/prepend-loader-okli
+	cat "$(KDIR)/loader-$(word 1,$(1)).$(LOADER_TYPE)" > "$@.new"
+	cat "$@" >> "$@.new"
+	mv "$@.new" "$@"
+endef
+
 define Build/relocate-kernel
 	rm -rf $@.relocate
 	$(CP) ../../generic/image/relocate $@.relocate
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
index b7915a835f7c09..824c66e3a2fda1 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
@@ -1818,7 +1818,14 @@ define Device/huawei_ap5030dn
   DEVICE_VENDOR := Huawei
   DEVICE_MODEL := AP5030DN
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct kmod-ath10k-ct
+  LOADER_TYPE := bin
+  LOADER_FLASH_OFFS := 0x110040
+  IMAGE_SIZE := 7680k
   ROOTFS_MIN_SIZE := 12240k
+  COMPILE := loader-$(1).bin
+  COMPILE/loader-$(1).bin := loader-okli-compile | pad-to 64k | uImage none
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | uImage lzma -M 0x4f4b4c49 | prepend-loader-okli $(1)
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | append-dtb | lzma | loader-kernel | uImage none
   IMAGE_SIZE := 30720k
   IMAGES += kernel.bin squashfs.bin
   IMAGE/kernel.bin := | append-kernel
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/lzma-loader/src/board.c b/target/linux/ath79/image/lzma-loader/src/board.c
index 7b1e110ee2d902..e1697fb64b20ee 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/lzma-loader/src/board.c
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/lzma-loader/src/board.c
@@ -182,8 +182,38 @@ static inline void mr18_init(void)
 static inline void mr18_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_HUAWEI_AP5030DN
+static inline void ap5030dn_init(void)
+{
+	const unsigned int ap5030dn_watchdog_gpio = 15;
+	unsigned int gpiobase, spibase, reg;
+
+	spibase = KSEG1ADDR(AR71XX_SPI_BASE);
+	gpiobase = KSEG1ADDR(AR71XX_GPIO_BASE);
+
+	printf("Huawei AP5030DN\n");
+
+	reg = READREG(gpiobase + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_OE);
+	WRITEREG(gpiobase + AR71XX_GPIO_REG_OE,
+		reg & ~(1 << ap5030dn_watchdog_gpio));
+
+	// Set MUX to output CPU_CLK/4 on GPIO15
+	reg = READREG(gpiobase + AR934X_GPIO_REG_FUNC);
+	WRITEREG(gpiobase + AR934X_GPIO_REG_FUNC,
+		reg | (1 << 7));
+
+	// Output stuff on GPIO15 by setting bit 31:24 in gpiobase + AR934X_GPIO_REG_OUT_FUNC3
+	reg = READREG(gpiobase + AR934X_GPIO_REG_OUT_FUNC3);
+	WRITEREG(gpiobase + AR934X_GPIO_REG_OUT_FUNC3,
+		reg | (84 << 24));
+}
+#else
+static inline void ap5030dn_init(void) { }
+#endif
+
 void board_init(void)
 {
 	tlwr1043nd_init();
 	mr18_init();
+	ap5030dn_init();
 }