diff --git a/configs/mx6slevk_spl_defconfig b/configs/mx6slevk_spl_defconfig
index 1fbd0d1..b5b289a 100644
--- a/configs/mx6slevk_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6slevk_spl_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 CONFIG_TARGET_MX6SLEVK=y
 CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/imx-common/spl_sd.cfg,SPL,MX6SL"
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_DM_THERMAL=y