diff --git a/configs/kmlion1_defconfig b/configs/kmlion1_defconfig
index 7911445..bb38814 100644
--- a/configs/kmlion1_defconfig
+++ b/configs/kmlion1_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP=y
 CONFIG_OF_STDOUT_VIA_ALIAS=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="KMLION1"
+CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Hit <SPACE> key to stop autoboot in %2ds\n"