diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 85481f6a84a4..6358e9b1dd52 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 683700e89d45..7de662c69aef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_TIME_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set