diff --git a/build.config.gki.aarch64 b/build.config.gki.aarch64
index 8f0dcdb3bd2b..0dd6e4421a15 100644
--- a/build.config.gki.aarch64
+++ b/build.config.gki.aarch64
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 . ${ROOT_DIR}/${KERNEL_DIR}/build.config.aarch64
 . ${ROOT_DIR}/${KERNEL_DIR}/build.config.gki
 
+GENERATE_VMLINUX_BTF=1