diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index f9495b6f35..f771b8dfe5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ config ARCH_CORTEXA7
 	select ARCH_HAVE_MMU
 	select ARCH_USE_MMU
 	select ARCH_HAVE_TESTSET
+	select ARCH_HAVE_FPU
 	select ARM_HAVE_MPCORE
 
 config ARCH_CORTEXA8
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/goldfish/goldfish_boot.c b/arch/arm/src/goldfish/goldfish_boot.c
index c0f68ac369..c0b6bac29c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/goldfish/goldfish_boot.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/goldfish/goldfish_boot.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ void arm_boot(void)
 
   goldfish_setupmappings();
 
+  arm_fpuconfig();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEVICE_TREE
   fdt_register((const char *)0x40000000);
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c b/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
index 8b2da87f8c..479bbc5883 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/qemu/qemu_boot.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ void arm_boot(void)
 
   qemu_setupmappings();
 
+  arm_fpuconfig();
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_PSCI)
   arm_psci_init("hvc");
 #endif