diff --git a/configs/mx6slevk_defconfig b/configs/mx6slevk_defconfig
index ae9912b..d7305b0 100644
--- a/configs/mx6slevk_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6slevk_defconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/freescale/mx6slevk/imximage.cfg,MX6SL"
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_DM=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y