diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig
index 0280ef389d8d..b536d7c63790 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/mtx1_defconfig
@@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is not set
 # CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set
-# CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE is not set
+CONFIG_CROSSCOMPILE=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
 CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_KGDB=y