diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 5f6b1e4dd7f3..066dac7dfa88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y
 CONFIG_SHUFFLE_PAGE_ALLOCATOR=y
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_X86_X2APIC=y
 CONFIG_HYPERVISOR_GUEST=y
 CONFIG_PARAVIRT=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=32