diff --git a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
index f9edc72717..c84bf2ead6 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_versal_virt_defconfig
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ CONFIG_MII=y
 CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_DCC=y
 CONFIG_PL01X_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_XILINX_UARTLITE=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI=y
 CONFIG_USB=y
diff --git a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
index 00a53f36e4..23d7ddf2d0 100644
--- a/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
+++ b/configs/xilinx_zynqmp_virt_defconfig
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ CONFIG_ZYNQ_GEM=y
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_DM_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_ARM_DCC=y
+CONFIG_XILINX_UARTLITE=y
 CONFIG_ZYNQ_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_ZYNQ_SPI=y