diff --git a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
index fad4bb0982..aa91be3d1c 100644
--- a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0x80080000
 CONFIG_DM_RESET=y
 CONFIG_SPL_MMC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DRIVERS_MISC=y
 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x82000000
 CONFIG_SPL_SIZE_LIMIT=0x80000
 CONFIG_SPL_SIZE_LIMIT_PROVIDE_STACK=0x800
@@ -47,10 +48,13 @@ CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x1400
 CONFIG_SPL_DMA=y
 CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_ETH=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME="u-boot.img"
 CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_MAILBOX=y
 CONFIG_SPL_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SPL_NET=y
+CONFIG_SPL_NET_VCI_STRING="AM62X U-Boot A53 SPL"
 CONFIG_SPL_POWER_DOMAIN=y
 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE=y