diff --git a/configs/evb-rk3229_defconfig b/configs/evb-rk3229_defconfig
index a8b1c42..5dc6d95 100644
--- a/configs/evb-rk3229_defconfig
+++ b/configs/evb-rk3229_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT=y
 CONFIG_TPL_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_ARCH_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x61000000
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2