diff --git a/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig b/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
index 7de4223..58ba75b 100644
--- a/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
+++ b/configs/zynq_zed_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
+CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run $modeboot || run distro_bootcmd"
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y