diff --git a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_ep_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_ep_defconfig
index 9f72abaabb..b45c7f281c 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_ep_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_ep_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CONFIG_NAME="xilinx_zynqmp_ep"
 CONFIG_ARCH_ZYNQMP=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x4000
+CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_ZYNQMP_USB=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x8000000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="zynqmp-ep108"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="ZynqMP> "
 # CONFIG_CMD_LOADB is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_LOADS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FPGA is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_ITEST is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT=y