diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
index 69b6700ba1ca..5fb825690814 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/sama5_defconfig
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
 CONFIG_RTC_DRV_AT91RM9200=y
 CONFIG_DMADEVICES=y
+CONFIG_AT_XDMAC=y
 # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_IIO=y
 CONFIG_AT91_ADC=y