diff --git a/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig b/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
index 27ea472790199d14a83bb174182cd6d123217e9c..15c3389067c1132b58b062c72136035dd8e27634 100644
--- a/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am57xx_evm_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CONFIG_OMAP54XX=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_AM57XX_EVM=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_ARMV7_LPAE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x82000000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="am57xx-beagle-x15"
 CONFIG_FIT=y