diff --git a/payloads/external/Makefile.inc b/payloads/external/Makefile.inc
index d5c4e7f5d3..f6417fd946 100644
--- a/payloads/external/Makefile.inc
+++ b/payloads/external/Makefile.inc
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PAYLOAD_DEPTHCHARGE),y)
 PAYLOAD_CONFIG=payloads/external/depthcharge/depthcharge/.config
 $(PAYLOAD_CONFIG): payloads/external/depthcharge/depthcharge/build/depthcharge.elf
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DEPTHCHARGE),)
+  BOARD=$(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_DEPTHCHARGE)
+else
+  BOARD=$(call ws_to_under,$(call strip_quotes,$(call tolower,$(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER))))
+endif
 #TODO: Figure out version
 endif
 
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ endif
 
 payloads/external/depthcharge/depthcharge/build/depthcharge.elf depthcharge: $(DOTCONFIG) $(CBFSTOOL)
 	$(MAKE) -C payloads/external/depthcharge \
-		BOARD=$(call ws_to_under,$(call strip_quotes,$(call tolower,$(CONFIG_MAINBOARD_PART_NUMBER)))) \
+		BOARD=$(BOARD) \
 		MFLAGS= MAKEFLAGS= \
 		DEPTHCHARGE_MASTER=$(CONFIG_DEPTHCHARGE_MASTER) \
 		DEPTHCHARGE_STABLE=$(CONFIG_DEPTHCHARGE_STABLE) \
diff --git a/payloads/external/depthcharge/Kconfig b/payloads/external/depthcharge/Kconfig
index 9fd1268b91..89c81ef70e 100644
--- a/payloads/external/depthcharge/Kconfig
+++ b/payloads/external/depthcharge/Kconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ config PAYLOAD_FILE
 	string
 	default "payloads/external/depthcharge/depthcharge/build/depthcharge.elf"
 
+config MAINBOARD_DEPTHCHARGE
+	string ""
+	help
+	   Override BOARD setting for depthcharge
+
 config LP_DEFCONFIG_OVERRIDE
 	bool "Use default libpayload config"
 	help