diff --git a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
index 11859a6c02..be11186f8c 100644
--- a/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
+++ b/configs/beaglebone_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="ti/omap/am335x-evm ti/omap/am335x-bone ti/omap
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_XZ=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_AM33X_CM3=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y