diff --git a/configs/toradex-smarc-imx95_defconfig b/configs/toradex-smarc-imx95_defconfig
index c8da431d1c7..61abeff1afb 100644
--- a/configs/toradex-smarc-imx95_defconfig
+++ b/configs/toradex-smarc-imx95_defconfig
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_FIRMWARE=y
 # CONFIG_SCMI_AGENT_SMCCC is not set
 CONFIG_IMX_SM_CPU=y
 CONFIG_IMX_SM_LMM=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_HOG=y
 CONFIG_IMX_RGPIO2P=y
 CONFIG_DM_PCA953X=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_PCA953X=y