diff --git a/boards.txt b/boards.txt
index 8dc7a6906a..ea819444bc 100644
--- a/boards.txt
+++ b/boards.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ menu.FlashSize=Flash Size
 menu.FlashMode=Flash Mode
 menu.FlashFreq=Flash Frequency
 menu.UploadTool=Upload Using
+menu.ResetMethod=Reset Method
 
 ##############################################################
 generic.name=Generic ESP8266 Module
@@ -135,6 +136,11 @@ generic.menu.FlashSize.4M3M.build.spiffs_end=0x3FB000
 generic.menu.FlashSize.4M3M.build.spiffs_blocksize=8192
 generic.menu.FlashSize.4M3M.upload.maximum_size=1044464
 
+generic.menu.ResetMethod.ck=ck
+generic.menu.ResetMethod.ck.upload.resetmethod=ck
+generic.menu.ResetMethod.nodemcu=nodemcu
+generic.menu.ResetMethod.nodemcu.upload.resetmethod=nodemcu
+
 # disabled because espressif's bootloader refuses to write above 4M
 # generic.menu.FlashSize.8M=8M (7M SPIFFS)
 # generic.menu.FlashSize.8M.build.flash_size=1M