diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 83bbf1f595ce..8319a98394d6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION=y
 CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK=y
 CONFIG_GKI_HACKS_TO_FIX=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
+CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_CMA=y
 CONFIG_CMA_AREAS=16
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index d5f34e606fe1..14c5f01df3e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION=y
 CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK=y
 CONFIG_GKI_HACKS_TO_FIX=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
+CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
 CONFIG_CMA=y
 CONFIG_CMA_AREAS=16
 CONFIG_ZSMALLOC=y
diff --git a/cuttlefish.fragment b/cuttlefish.fragment
index 9c59fb302cbc..cdc0831d4e51 100644
--- a/cuttlefish.fragment
+++ b/cuttlefish.fragment
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DUMMY=m
-CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_VSOCKETS=m
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_VSOCKETS=m
 CONFIG_GNSS_CMDLINE_SERIAL=m