diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 19faeff15c50..ab3d9b1e819f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -1644,6 +1644,7 @@ CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
 CONFIG_UBIFS_FS=m
 CONFIG_SQUASHFS=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XATTR=y
 CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO=y
 CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
 CONFIG_NFS_FS=y