diff --git a/configs/aspeed_ast2500evb_defconfig b/configs/aspeed_ast2500evb_defconfig
index a955334a91..2ea5ed774e 100644
--- a/configs/aspeed_ast2500evb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aspeed_ast2500evb_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 BR2_arm=y
+BR2_arm1176jzf_s=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN=y
 BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_BOOTLIN_ARMV6_EABIHF_GLIBC_STABLE=y