diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk b/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
index 02fd6365b68..551ab00ab47 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_BITOPS ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_HASHLIB ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_HASHLIB_MBEDTLS ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_IMAGECAPTURE ?= 1
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE ?= 1
 CIRCUITPY_MAX3421E ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_MCP4822 ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_MEMORYMAP ?= 1
diff --git a/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.h b/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.h
index 9dd5abc8a3a..89eeee606f5 100644
--- a/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.h
+++ b/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ extern void common_hal_mcu_enable_interrupts(void);
 #define MICROPY_OPT_MPZ_BITWISE          (0)
 #define MICROPY_OPT_CACHE_MAP_LOOKUP_IN_BYTECODE (CIRCUITPY_OPT_CACHE_MAP_LOOKUP_IN_BYTECODE)
 #define MICROPY_PERSISTENT_CODE_LOAD     (1)
+#define MICROPY_PERSISTENT_CODE_LOAD_NATIVE (CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE || CIRCUITPY_ENABLE_MPY_NATIVE)
 
 #define MICROPY_PY_ARRAY                 (CIRCUITPY_ARRAY)
 #define MICROPY_PY_ARRAY_SLICE_ASSIGN    (1)
diff --git a/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.mk b/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.mk
index e7303c1d3b1..178f424d5c0 100755
--- a/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.mk
+++ b/py/circuitpy_mpconfig.mk
@@ -419,6 +419,9 @@ CFLAGS += -DCIRCUITPY_KEYPAD_SHIFTREGISTERKEYS=$(CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD_SHIFTREGISTERK
 CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD_DEMUX ?= $(CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD)
 CFLAGS += -DCIRCUITPY_KEYPAD_DEMUX=$(CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD_DEMUX)
 
+CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE ?= 0
+CFLAGS += -DCIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE=$(CIRCUITPY_LOAD_NATIVE)
+
 CIRCUITPY_LOCALE ?= $(CIRCUITPY_FULL_BUILD)
 CFLAGS += -DCIRCUITPY_LOCALE=$(CIRCUITPY_LOCALE)