diff --git a/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config b/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
index 129a200ab0..c21994076a 100644
--- a/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
+++ b/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
+CONFIG_FW_CFG_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_FW_CFG_SYSFS_CMDLINE=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSGLIB=y