diff --git a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
index 48acf378cb..8b94b3a5d4 100644
--- a/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62x_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE=0x58000
 CONFIG_SPL_HAS_BSS_LINKER_SECTION=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR=0x80c80000
 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE=0x80000
+CONFIG_MISC_INIT_R=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_REPORT_STACK_F_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
@@ -46,11 +47,14 @@ CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x1400
+CONFIG_SPL_ETH=y
 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_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SPL_NET_SUPPORT=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