diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
index e74de69caeabb675908cb1672c8843cc939fd8d9..b043caf4f4e1228a016cd5e441c57a96acb370e3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_ALGOPCA=m
 CONFIG_I2C_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_I2C_IMX=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SPI_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SPI_IMX=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FSL_DSPI=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y