diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
index 3e4729e4bf0b..2bfd8e1c1f06 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/meson64_defconfig
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
 CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
+CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_WQ_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_PANIC_ON_RT_THROTTLING=y
 CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y