diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/cuttlefish_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/cuttlefish_defconfig
index f4b49ed13238..df51145b1c53 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/cuttlefish_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/cuttlefish_defconfig
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION=y
 # CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set
 CONFIG_QUOTA=y
 CONFIG_QFMT_V2=y
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=y
 CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
 CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_cuttlefish_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_cuttlefish_defconfig
index 7d6d5fccaa11..b9b62e3fcf64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_cuttlefish_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_cuttlefish_defconfig
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ CONFIG_QUOTA_NETLINK_INTERFACE=y
 # CONFIG_PRINT_QUOTA_WARNING is not set
 CONFIG_QFMT_V2=y
 CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=y
 CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
 CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y