diff --git a/soc/nxp/imxrt/imxrt5xx/Kconfig b/soc/nxp/imxrt/imxrt5xx/Kconfig
index 81ccd78df6e..c59afd8852e 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/imxrt/imxrt5xx/Kconfig
+++ b/soc/nxp/imxrt/imxrt5xx/Kconfig
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ config SOC_MIMXRT595S_CM33
 config SOC_MIMXRT595S_F1
 	select XTENSA
 	select XTENSA_HAL if ("$(ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT)" != "xcc" && "$(ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT)" != "xt-clang")
+	select XTENSA_CPU_HAS_HIFI3
+	select XTENSA_GEN_HANDLERS
 	select XTENSA_RESET_VECTOR
 	select XTENSA_USE_CORE_CRT1