diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
index 0ac3b47..7d03eb7 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x40000
 CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE=0x40000
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-arm64"
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x9000000
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=0
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y