diff --git a/board/synopsys/hsdk/linux.fragment b/board/synopsys/hsdk/linux.fragment
index 45d6c69af5..aaca08e015 100644
--- a/board/synopsys/hsdk/linux.fragment
+++ b/board/synopsys/hsdk/linux.fragment
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""
 CONFIG_ARC_UBOOT_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_USB=y