diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index 5075cf2..4913827 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
+CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="Versal> "