diff --git a/configs/imxrt1020-evk_defconfig b/configs/imxrt1020-evk_defconfig
index ad408ebef88..f0b05b7165b 100644
--- a/configs/imxrt1020-evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imxrt1020-evk_defconfig
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CONFIG_IMXRT_SDRAM=y
 CONFIG_FSL_LPUART=y
 CONFIG_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_TIMER=y
+CONFIG_IMX_GPT_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_SHA1=y
 CONFIG_SHA256=y
 CONFIG_HEXDUMP=y