diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-default b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-default
index c793f7c5e8..ba0fd35b56 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-default
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE=y
 # CONFIG_HUGETLBFS is not set
 CONFIG_I2C_MUX_PCA954x=y
 CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE=0xdead000000000000
+CONFIG_MARVELL_10G_PHY=y
 CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON=y
 CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_XENON=y
 CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA=y