diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
index e688741..e6b0007 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_IMX=y
+CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_IMX=y
 CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y