diff --git a/configs/imx8qxp_mek_defconfig b/configs/imx8qxp_mek_defconfig
index 9a31fb8..5f8513a 100644
--- a/configs/imx8qxp_mek_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx8qxp_mek_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/imximage.cfg"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_LOG=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y