diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
index f8b396c9aedb77e23da95d5cd10c0272102b13fe..491b3b5f22bdcad4e787f9770448de4544241a53 100644
--- a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_defconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 # CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set
 # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
 # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
diff --git a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
index 56128ea2b748783a5f0011a62cca2c6f5c9f7218..b25ee73b2e79a7967bfe9c31b0949ff9ece52b4d 100644
--- a/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/configs/axs103_smp_defconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 # CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set
 # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set
 # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y