diff --git a/configs/mx51_efikasb_defconfig b/configs/mx51_efikasb_defconfig
index 9958645..662aad4 100644
--- a/configs/mx51_efikasb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx51_efikasb_defconfig
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_MX51_EFIKAMX=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="MACH_TYPE=MACH_TYPE_MX51_EFIKASB,IMX_CONFIG=board/genesi/mx51_efikamx/imximage_sb.cfg"
 CONFIG_CMD_NET=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y