diff --git a/configs/qemu_aarch64_ebbr_defconfig b/configs/qemu_aarch64_ebbr_defconfig
index 80e7c101ee..0299c2855a 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_aarch64_ebbr_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_aarch64_ebbr_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.27"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON3=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
diff --git a/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig b/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
index 49511f87af..92e27573f2 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_aarch64_sbsa_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.27"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON3=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_SIZE="128M"
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_ebbr_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_ebbr_defconfig
index dc1b917ef1..a3adb4c381 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_ebbr_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_ebbr_defconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="6.12.27"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_ARCH_DEFAULT_CONFIG=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="board/qemu/arm-ebbr/linux.fragment"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON3=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y