diff --git a/include/configs/m53evk.h b/include/configs/m53evk.h
index a5ab3810cb..bd67603b50 100644
--- a/include/configs/m53evk.h
+++ b/include/configs/m53evk.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_USB
 #define CONFIG_VIDEO
 
+#define CONFIG_REGEX			/* Enable regular expression support */
+
 /*
  * Memory configurations
  */