diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 753a75b0a79f..af28ec5be280 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_IPC=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS=y
+CONFIG_ANDROID_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
 CONFIG_ANDROID_VENDOR_HOOKS=y
 CONFIG_LIBNVDIMM=y
 # CONFIG_ND_BLK is not set