diff --git a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/spr/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/spr/Kconfig
index 7aa1fec..832aab5 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/spr/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/spr/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	select SAVE_MRC_AFTER_FSPS
 	select SOC_INTEL_MEM_MAPPED_PM_CONFIGURATION
 	select DISABLE_ACPI_HIBERNATE
+	select DEFAULT_X2APIC_RUNTIME
 
 config CHIPSET_DEVICETREE
 	string