diff --git a/configs/bcm958300k-ns_defconfig b/configs/bcm958300k-ns_defconfig
index 0b00ce3..ff5ee54 100644
--- a/configs/bcm958300k-ns_defconfig
+++ b/configs/bcm958300k-ns_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_BCMCYGNUS=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SYS_SDRAM_SIZE=0x40000000,ARMV7_NONSEC"
+CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 # CONFIG_AUTOBOOT is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y