diff --git a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
index fc8b26e..f5e90f7 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 CONFIG_BOARD=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_SANDBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIRMWARE=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_HOG=y
 CONFIG_PM8916_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SANDBOX_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CROS_EC_TUNNEL=y