diff --git a/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config b/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
index 948b06b0a2..49018efe95 100644
--- a/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
+++ b/board/qemu/aarch64-virt/linux.config
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=y
 CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_RTC_DRV_PL031=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y
 CONFIG_MAILBOX=y