diff --git a/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig b/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
index cf3ba50..b4e2a1c 100644
--- a/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am335x_boneblack_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="EMMC_BOOT"
+CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED=y
 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT="Press SPACE to abort autoboot in %d seconds\n"