diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e8cd55a5b04c0570a4ed66b522446b8eee4d202d..b8c6062ca0c11650677b427098c2cefffcf49956 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ config ARCH_VIRT
 	select ARM_GIC_V3_ITS if PCI
 	select ARM_PSCI
 	select HAVE_ARM_ARCH_TIMER
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 
 #
 # This is sorted alphabetically by mach-* pathname.  However, plat-*