diff --git a/hash/squale_cart.xml b/hash/squale_cart.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c73469273a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hash/squale_cart.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE softwarelist SYSTEM "softwarelist.dtd">
+<softwarelist name="squale_cart" description="Squale cartridges">
+
+	<software name="sqintro">
+		<description>The Squale Intro</description>
+		<year>2016</year>
+		<publisher>&lt;homebrew&gt;</publisher>
+		<info name="developer" value="Jean-François DEL NERO / HxC2001" />
+		<part name="cart" interface="squale_cart">
+			<dataarea name="rom" size="65536">
+				<rom name="TheSqualeIntro.bin" size="65536" crc="18d1c188" sha1="63a1e1910967b7e083e9d2d1232445a8fd66daf3" offset="0" />
+			</dataarea>
+		</part>
+	</software>
+
+</softwarelist>
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/squale.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/squale.cpp
index c7586bc512c..98b83b645a1 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/squale.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/squale.cpp
@@ -835,9 +835,8 @@ MACHINE_CONFIG_START(squale_state::squale)
 
 	/* Cartridge slot */
 	MCFG_GENERIC_CARTSLOT_ADD("cartslot", generic_linear_slot, "squale_cart")
-	MCFG_GENERIC_MANDATORY
 	MCFG_GENERIC_LOAD(squale_state, squale_cart)
-
+	MCFG_SOFTWARE_LIST_ADD("cart_list", "squale_cart")
 MACHINE_CONFIG_END
 
 /* ROM definition */