diff --git a/board/ti/am62px/evm.c b/board/ti/am62px/evm.c
index 44793cbed6..60b5606dea 100644
--- a/board/ti/am62px/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/am62px/evm.c
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 #include <fdt_support.h>
 #include <spl.h>
 
+#include "../common/rtc.c"
+
 int board_init(void)
 {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOARD_HAS_32K_RTC_CRYSTAL))
+		board_rtc_init();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/configs/am62px_evm_a53_defconfig b/configs/am62px_evm_a53_defconfig
index 1270c52600..7c10fc8e21 100644
--- a/configs/am62px_evm_a53_defconfig
+++ b/configs/am62px_evm_a53_defconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_K3=y
 CONFIG_TI_SECURE_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x8000
+CONFIG_BOARD_HAS_32K_RTC_CRYSTAL=y
 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y