diff --git a/configs/imx93_var_som_defconfig b/configs/imx93_var_som_defconfig
index cc0c5a79bc..14922f2a3e 100644
--- a/configs/imx93_var_som_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx93_var_som_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG="arch/arm/mach-imx/imx9/imximage.cfg"
 CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="imx93-var-som-symphony"
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x2049A000
+CONFIG_AHAB_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_IMX93_VAR_SOM=y
 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT_OVERLAY=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL=y