diff --git a/board/olpc/xo-1/linux.config b/board/olpc/xo-1/linux.config
index 9f6731a5a5..63566e8b90 100644
--- a/board/olpc/xo-1/linux.config
+++ b/board/olpc/xo-1/linux.config
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_PHY=y
 CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
+CONFIG_JFFS2_FS=y
 CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY=y
 CONFIG_JFFS2_SUMMARY=y
 CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_XATTR=y