diff --git a/configs/slimbootloader_defconfig b/configs/slimbootloader_defconfig
index f5d16f6..dbfed81 100644
--- a/configs/slimbootloader_defconfig
+++ b/configs/slimbootloader_defconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 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