diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips64_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips64_defconfig
index ca90fd5..6789530 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips64_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_MIPS=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=10
+CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="qemu-mips64 # "
 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS=y