diff --git a/configs/mx53evk_defconfig b/configs/mx53evk_defconfig
index 9a05a8b..2c54942 100644
--- a/configs/mx53evk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx53evk_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_MX5=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_MX53EVK=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/freescale/mx53evk/imximage.cfg"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3