diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index fd2d74d0491e..4ed4756dfa97 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ CONFIG_KSM=y
 CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
 CONFIG_CMA=y
 CONFIG_XEN=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y