diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/ep93xx_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/ep93xx_defconfig
index 9a5205abc7c3..2ca11ce504c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/ep93xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/ep93xx_defconfig
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL010_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
 CONFIG_I2C=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
+CONFIG_I2C_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_CORE=y
 CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_ALGO=y
 CONFIG_I2C_DEBUG_BUS=y