diff --git a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
index ff0109f..f6a24cc 100644
--- a/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am43xx_evm_qspiboot_defconfig
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SERIAL1,CONS_INDEX=1,QSPI,QSPI_BOOT"
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y