diff --git a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
index 3e9877c..73cf5dd 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x200000
+CONFIG_SPL_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
 CONFIG_I2C_CROS_EC_TUNNEL=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CROS_EC_LDO=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C_GPIO=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_DM_I2C_GPIO is not set
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_I2C_MUX=y
 CONFIG_I2C_ARB_GPIO_CHALLENGE=y