diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips64el_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips64el_defconfig
index a9ebd7b..94c0610 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips64el_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips64el_defconfig
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_MIPS=y
 CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_CMD_NET=y