diff --git a/configs/xilinx-ppc405-generic_defconfig b/configs/xilinx-ppc405-generic_defconfig
index 8e07d40..a17cd4f 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx-ppc405-generic_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx-ppc405-generic_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x04000000,RESET_VECTOR_ADDRESS=0x04100000"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
+CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="xlx-ppc405:/# "
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set