diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
index 72bd255eafa..39afb837e41 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_VIRT_INS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_QEMU=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x1000000
 CONFIG_BLOBLIST_SIZE_RELOC=0x2000
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
index f13001390d4..92ba48f6af9 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_VIRT_INS=y
 CONFIG_ARM_SMCCC=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_QEMU=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN=0x1000000