diff --git a/configs/am3517_evm_defconfig b/configs/am3517_evm_defconfig
index 96491f37b27f4b430cb0d915b795cea98d5482a3..b62f5c5bc127b08ddaa6c172ed1e4051babfc05a 100644
--- a/configs/am3517_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am3517_evm_defconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_MII=y
 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC=y
 # CONFIG_TWL4030_POWER is not set
+CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_SINGLE=y
 CONFIG_CONS_INDEX=3
 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y