diff --git a/src/soc/intel/braswell/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/braswell/Kconfig
index ac4a2ae..61f41ed 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/braswell/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/braswell/Kconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 	select HAVE_INTEL_FIRMWARE
 	select HAVE_SPI_CONSOLE_SUPPORT
 
+config VBOOT
+	select VBOOT_STARTS_IN_ROMSTAGE
+
 config BOOTBLOCK_CPU_INIT
 	string
 	default "soc/intel/braswell/bootblock/bootblock.c"