diff --git a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
index 32620f7..874d67d 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_evm_spiboot_defconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 CONFIG_MTDIDS_DEFAULT="nor0=m25p80-flash.0"
 CONFIG_MTDPARTS_DEFAULT="mtdparts=m25p80-flash.0:128k(SPL),512k(u-boot),128k(u-boot-env1),128k(u-boot-env2),3464k(kernel),-(rootfs)"
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT=y
 CONFIG_DFU_MMC=y
 CONFIG_DFU_RAM=y