diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index d105ed1c16d0..10cdad18d8eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index b18274a0f95a..33baed68c997 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_FREEZER=y
 CONFIG_CPUSETS=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BPF=y
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+# CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
+# CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_SCHED_AUTOGROUP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set