diff --git a/configs/mx6sabreauto_defconfig b/configs/mx6sabreauto_defconfig
index 4faf49ef05..9ed4064ffc 100644
--- a/configs/mx6sabreauto_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6sabreauto_defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CONFIG_NXP_BOARD_REVISION=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="imx6q-sabreauto"
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_LEGACY_IMAGE_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
 # CONFIG_USE_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR is not set
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
diff --git a/configs/mx6sabresd_defconfig b/configs/mx6sabresd_defconfig
index 0016fbac20..dd9ac93347 100644
--- a/configs/mx6sabresd_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mx6sabresd_defconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="imx6q-sabresd"
 CONFIG_FIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_LEGACY_IMAGE_SUPPORT=y
 # CONFIG_USE_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR is not set
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=arch/arm/mach-imx/spl_sd.cfg"