diff --git a/boards/arduino-duemilanove/Makefile.include b/boards/arduino-duemilanove/Makefile.include
index e2fce678d4acb92cc50e6b85986b15be2c4933b8..dd282db94f1b055df22ae7907d1d30e5eeec0c79 100644
--- a/boards/arduino-duemilanove/Makefile.include
+++ b/boards/arduino-duemilanove/Makefile.include
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ export FFLAGS += -p m328p
 # overridden for debugging (which requires changes that require to use an ISP)
 export PROGRAMMER ?= arduino
 
+BOOTLOADER_SIZE ?= 2K
+ROM_RESERVED ?= $(BOOTLOADER_SIZE)
+
 include $(RIOTBOARD)/common/arduino-atmega/Makefile.include