diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.12 b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.12
index fc90d10237b..eb53d98e5cb 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.12
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.12
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH_COMPAT_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_CC_HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK=y
 CONFIG_CC_HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR_SYSREG=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CRC_CCITT=y
 CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP=y
diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.6 b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.6
index d6aaa8d0bd2..2ce252c080f 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.6
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/cortexa72/config-6.6
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH_COMPAT_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_CC_HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK=y
 CONFIG_CC_HAVE_STACKPROTECTOR_SYSREG=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CRC_CCITT=y
 CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP=y