diff --git a/configs/chromebook_link_defconfig b/configs/chromebook_link_defconfig
index 43cf530..3098857 100644
--- a/configs/chromebook_link_defconfig
+++ b/configs/chromebook_link_defconfig
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTFILE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTFILE="bzImage"
 CONFIG_TFTP_TSIZE=y
+CONFIG_USE_ROOTPATH=y
 CONFIG_REGMAP=y
 CONFIG_SYSCON=y
 # CONFIG_ACPIGEN is not set