diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
index e688741c89aae2d24ec42b6e95120bf78e32b317..e6b0007355f883eaca70e4ce4df5b6fcc9818ae4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v4_v5_defconfig
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE=y
 # 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
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
index 8fca6e276b6949e73e036aac03a1d84f9a2b2760..6790f1b3f3a1d988da100554384a125cb63a4345 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCF=m
 CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCA=m
 CONFIG_I2C_IMX=y
+CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_IMX=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_MC9S08DZ60=y