diff --git a/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
index 7a4d7fbd6ec..bf6e9639901 100644
--- a/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX=y
 CONFIG_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_K3_SEC_PROXY=y
+CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_IO_VOLTAGE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_IO_VOLTAGE=y
 CONFIG_MMC_UHS_SUPPORT=y