diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/sama7_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/sama7_defconfig
index 47abc56c40f5..cc7f6daf9fc7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/sama7_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/sama7_defconfig
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_I2C=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_AT91=y
+CONFIG_I3C=y
+CONFIG_MIPI_I3C_HCI=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_ATMEL=y
 CONFIG_SPI_ATMEL_QUADSPI=y