diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
index a53b29251ed4..4174fd1b79e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/imx_v6_v7_defconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM_IMX6Q_CPUFREQ=y
 CONFIG_ARM_IMX_CPUFREQ_DT=y
 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
 CONFIG_ARM_CPUIDLE=y
+CONFIG_ARM_PSCI_CPUIDLE=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y
 CONFIG_NEON=y
 CONFIG_PM_DEBUG=y