diff --git a/src/soc/amd/genoa_poc/Kconfig b/src/soc/amd/genoa_poc/Kconfig
index 3560e60..19ffe6c 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/genoa_poc/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/amd/genoa_poc/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	def_bool y
 	select ACPI_SOC_NVS
 	select ARCH_X86
+	select DEFAULT_X2APIC
 	select HAVE_ACPI_TABLES
 	select HAVE_EXP_X86_64_SUPPORT
 	select HAVE_SMI_HANDLER