diff --git a/configs/k2e_evm_defconfig b/configs/k2e_evm_defconfig
index be8d2ee5e90ed5e3257c5a5c916cb1220bb63dad..9e702198becc245db090ee65490e56535f143f13 100644
--- a/configs/k2e_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/k2e_evm_defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ARCH_KEYSTONE=y
-CONFIG_TARGET_K2E_EVM=y
+CONFIG_SPL=y
++S:CONFIG_ARM=y
++S:CONFIG_ARCH_KEYSTONE=y
++S:CONFIG_TARGET_K2E_EVM=y
diff --git a/configs/k2hk_evm_defconfig b/configs/k2hk_evm_defconfig
index eee3335487fda99f83966ef5ede884e3f18392e8..e04e3151b65ff44769a75e748281401f18d6bee4 100644
--- a/configs/k2hk_evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/k2hk_evm_defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ARCH_KEYSTONE=y
-CONFIG_TARGET_K2HK_EVM=y
+CONFIG_SPL=y
++S:CONFIG_ARM=y
++S:CONFIG_ARCH_KEYSTONE=y
++S:CONFIG_TARGET_K2HK_EVM=y