diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index 5075cf2f68..49138278f1 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
+CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="Versal> "
diff --git a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
index cf07df8145..7ed88ae094 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS=0x10000000
+CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO is not set
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R=y