diff --git a/configs/xpress_spl_defconfig b/configs/xpress_spl_defconfig
index 4ac7ef0..b464d15 100644
--- a/configs/xpress_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xpress_spl_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_XPRESS=y
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg"
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
 CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT=y