diff --git a/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig b/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
index d5e0b0f..9700ab5 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_sl50_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_AM335X_SL50=y
+CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_EXT_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y