diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
index 6c9d2505a69..cd9a4f2ae26 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
@@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ CONFIG_MBEDTLS_LIB=y
 CONFIG_TPM=y
 CONFIG_TPM_PCR_ALLOCATE=y
 CONFIG_GENERATE_SMBIOS_TABLE_VERBOSE=y
+CONFIG_UNIT_TEST=y