diff --git a/arch/arm64/core/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/core/Kconfig
index 55deb20fb3f..0c2a5d6d301 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/core/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/core/Kconfig
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config IPM_CONSOLE_STACK_SIZE
 
 config AARCH64_IMAGE_HEADER
 	bool "Add image header"
-	default y if ARM_MMU
+	default y if ARM_MMU || ARM_MPU
 	help
 	  This option enables standard ARM64 boot image header used by Linux
 	  and understood by loaders such as u-boot on Xen xl tool.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/core/header.S b/arch/arm64/core/header.S
index 87a83f2e858..ee531eb0627 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/core/header.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/core/header.S
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <arch/cpu.h>
 #include "mmu.h"
 
-#if CONFIG_MMU_PAGE_SIZE == 4096
+#if CONFIG_MMU_PAGE_SIZE == 4096 || defined(CONFIG_ARM_MPU)
 #define HEADER_PGSIZE	1
 #elif CONFIG_MMU_PAGE_SIZE == 16384
 #define HEADER_PGSIZE	2