diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig b/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
index 3ef7989085b..9ca4c8cec46 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu_x86/qemu_x86_virt_defconfig
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ CONFIG_SRAM_OFFSET=0x100000
 CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_SIZE=0x400000
 CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_BASE=0x40000000
 CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_OFFSET=0
+
+CONFIG_LINKER_USE_BOOT_SECTION=y
+CONFIG_LINKER_USE_PINNED_SECTION=y