diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 79717faf2161..a413dd821f84 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
 CONFIG_KSM=y
 CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
 CONFIG_CMA=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyAMA0"
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y