diff --git a/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig b/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
index 4b18d51..e579c36 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-x86_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_X86=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-x86_i440fx"
+CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_MAX_CPUS=2
 CONFIG_GENERATE_PIRQ_TABLE=y
 CONFIG_GENERATE_MP_TABLE=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CPU=y