diff --git a/configs/imx8mp_evk_defconfig b/configs/imx8mp_evk_defconfig
index a2c0796..4b9ac30 100644
--- a/configs/imx8mp_evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx8mp_evk_defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_HAS_CUSTOM_MALLOC_START=y
 CONFIG_SPL_CUSTOM_SYS_MALLOC_ADDR=0x42200000
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIZE=0x80000
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x300
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y