diff --git a/configs/am62ax_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am62ax_evm_r5_defconfig
index 9336392a5ed..36bd340305d 100644
--- a/configs/am62ax_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62ax_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX=y
 CONFIG_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_K3_SEC_PROXY=y
 CONFIG_ESM_K3=y
+CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ADMA=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SDHCI_ADMA=y
diff --git a/configs/am62px_evm_r5_defconfig b/configs/am62px_evm_r5_defconfig
index 48ee2aad8f4..378ba21137e 100644
--- a/configs/am62px_evm_r5_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62px_evm_r5_defconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX=y
 CONFIG_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_K3_SEC_PROXY=y
 CONFIG_ESM_K3=y
+CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_HS400_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ADMA=y