diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v1/board_config.h b/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v1/board_config.h
index 48aadbd768..d136a3dd86 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v1/board_config.h
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v1/board_config.h
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@
 #define HRT_TIMER		1	/* use timer1 for the HRT */
 #define HRT_TIMER_CHANNEL	2	/* use capture/compare channel 2 */
 #define HRT_PPM_CHANNEL		1	/* use capture/compare channel 1 */
-#define GPIO_PPM_IN		GPIO_TIM1_CH1IN
+#define GPIO_PPM_IN		(GPIO_ALT|GPIO_CNF_AFPU|GPIO_MODE_50MHz|GPIO_PORTE|GPIO_PIN9)
diff --git a/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v2/board_config.h b/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v2/board_config.h
index 4d41d0d07e..3de6ddbd39 100644
--- a/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v2/board_config.h
+++ b/src/drivers/boards/px4io-v2/board_config.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 #define HRT_TIMER		1	/* use timer1 for the HRT */
 #define HRT_TIMER_CHANNEL	2	/* use capture/compare channel 2 */
 #define HRT_PPM_CHANNEL		1	/* use capture/compare channel 1 */
-#define GPIO_PPM_IN		GPIO_TIM1_CH1IN
+#define GPIO_PPM_IN		(GPIO_ALT|GPIO_CNF_AFPU|GPIO_MODE_50MHz|GPIO_PORTE|GPIO_PIN9)
 
 /* LED definitions ******************************************************************/
 /* PX4 has two LEDs that we will encode as: */