diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index b764cf24d92..62ff8c8e0e3 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_POSITION_INDEPENDENT=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_VERSAL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x8000000
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x100000