diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx8mmevk_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx8mmevk_defconfig
index 2f57bfd2f0..335030fcd3 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx8mmevk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx8mmevk_defconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imx8mm_evk"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_GNUTLS=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM_NAME="u-boot-nodtb.bin"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
diff --git a/configs/freescale_imx8mqevk_defconfig b/configs/freescale_imx8mqevk_defconfig
index 05a78e5b6b..50fcaeff83 100644
--- a/configs/freescale_imx8mqevk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/freescale_imx8mqevk_defconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION="$(call github,nxp-imx,uboot-imx,lf-6.6.23-2.0.0)/uboot-imx-lf-6.6.23-2.0.0.tar.gz"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="imx8mq_evk"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_GNUTLS=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM=y
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM_NAME="u-boot-nodtb.bin"
 BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y