diff --git a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
index 2808fa522b..a393b681c8 100644
--- a/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
+++ b/configs/versal_vck190_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 BR2_aarch64=y
+BR2_cortex_a72=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_5_15=y
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_BUILD_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-build.sh"
 BR2_ROOTFS_POST_IMAGE_SCRIPT="board/versal/post-image.sh"