diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/librem5-devkit_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/librem5-devkit_defconfig
index c600608963fe319f8c0a646a69a2bc0e260b30ca..faf2e9039f3a5a114e7830711e9659a572114ffa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/librem5-devkit_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/librem5-devkit_defconfig
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
 CONFIG_SQUASHFS=y
+CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ=y
 CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
 # CONFIG_NFS_V2 is not set
 CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y