diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh
index 49fdac8e8b15..0014bd76e88d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kho/vmtest.sh
@@ -59,10 +59,14 @@ function build_kernel() {
 	tee "$kconfig" > "$kho_config" <<EOF
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER=y
+CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC_HANDOVER_DEBUGFS=y
 CONFIG_TEST_KEXEC_HANDOVER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_VM=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGFLAGS=y
+CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT=y
 $arch_kconfig
 EOF