diff --git a/configs/apalis-imx8_defconfig b/configs/apalis-imx8_defconfig
index e9fb4c75988..466147f3bf2 100644
--- a/configs/apalis-imx8_defconfig
+++ b/configs/apalis-imx8_defconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="fsl-imx8qm-apalis"
 CONFIG_BOOTAUX_RESERVED_MEM_BASE=0x88000000
 CONFIG_BOOTAUX_RESERVED_MEM_SIZE=0x08000000
 CONFIG_TARGET_APALIS_IMX8=y
+CONFIG_IMX_BOOTAUX=y
 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT_OVERLAY=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x95400000
 CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START=0x88000000