diff --git a/configs/poplar_defconfig b/configs/poplar_defconfig
index f0ab231..b6e0c31 100644
--- a/configs/poplar_defconfig
+++ b/configs/poplar_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION is not set
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR=y
+CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR=y
 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT=y
 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR=0x20000000
 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE=0x10000000