diff --git a/changelog/changes/2023-05-22-virtio-gpu.md b/changelog/changes/2023-05-22-virtio-gpu.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d49b89abfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2023-05-22-virtio-gpu.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled the virtio GPU driver ([scripts#830](https://github.com/flatcar/scripts/pull/830))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.1 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.1
index 3b822fc8a8..b32a5309d8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.1
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/commonconfig-6.1
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ CONFIG_DM_UEVENT=y
 CONFIG_DM_VERITY=m
 CONFIG_DM_ZERO=m
 CONFIG_DNS_RESOLVER=y
+CONFIG_DRM=m
+CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU=m
 CONFIG_DUMMY=m
 CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_E100=m