diff --git a/arch/blackfin/configs/BF609-EZKIT_defconfig b/arch/blackfin/configs/BF609-EZKIT_defconfig
index fcec5ce71392d20712b15516c3786e43513b0d10..ba4267f658af4dd86abbd09232aa584442837a90 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/configs/BF609-EZKIT_defconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/configs/BF609-EZKIT_defconfig
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_ADI_V3=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_MCP23S08=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_BFIN_WDT=y