diff --git a/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
index acf40c11cf..89e7c2ebaa 100644
--- a/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62ax_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_K3=y
 CONFIG_TI_SECURE_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x8000
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_K3_ATF_LOAD_ADDR=0x9e780000
 CONFIG_TARGET_AM62A7_A53_EVM=y
 CONFIG_HAS_CUSTOM_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR=y
 CONFIG_CUSTOM_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR=0x80480000
+CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED=25000000
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="k3-am62a7-sk"
 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80080000
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x1400
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot.img"
+CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_POWER_DOMAIN=y
 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_SUPPORT=y
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CLK=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DFU=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DM=y
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y
 CONFIG_MMC_HS200_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_HS200_SUPPORT=y
@@ -80,8 +85,12 @@ CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT=y
 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR=0xC0000000
 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE=0x2F000000
 CONFIG_TI_SCI_PROTOCOL=y
-# CONFIG_GPIO is not set
-# CONFIG_I2C is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_DM_GPIO_LOOKUP_LABEL=y
+CONFIG_DA8XX_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_DM_PCA953X=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DM_PCA953X=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX=y
 CONFIG_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_K3_SEC_PROXY=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MISC=y