diff --git a/configs/malta64_defconfig b/configs/malta64_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bef84c9c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/malta64_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+CONFIG_MIPS=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_MALTA=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="mti,malta"
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="malta # "
+# CONFIG_CMD_LOADB is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_LOADS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_FPGA is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
+# CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
+CONFIG_OF_EMBED=y
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
+CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y
diff --git a/configs/malta64el_defconfig b/configs/malta64el_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47ded9ed8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/malta64el_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+CONFIG_MIPS=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_MALTA=y
+CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="mti,malta"
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="maltael # "
+# CONFIG_CMD_LOADB is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_LOADS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_FPGA is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
+# CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
+CONFIG_OF_EMBED=y
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
+CONFIG_USE_PRIVATE_LIBGCC=y