diff --git a/configs/am62x_beagleplay_r5_defconfig b/configs/am62x_beagleplay_r5_defconfig
index 2f3264b..9413c85 100644
--- a/configs/am62x_beagleplay_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62x_beagleplay_r5_defconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR=0x43c3b000
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x3000
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_REPORT_STACK_F_USAGE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y