diff --git a/default-configs/targets/riscv32-linux-user.mak b/default-configs/targets/riscv32-linux-user.mak
index dfb259e..6a9d1b1 100644
--- a/default-configs/targets/riscv32-linux-user.mak
+++ b/default-configs/targets/riscv32-linux-user.mak
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 TARGET_BASE_ARCH=riscv
 TARGET_ABI_DIR=riscv
 TARGET_XML_FILES= gdb-xml/riscv-32bit-cpu.xml gdb-xml/riscv-32bit-fpu.xml gdb-xml/riscv-64bit-fpu.xml gdb-xml/riscv-32bit-csr.xml gdb-xml/riscv-32bit-virtual.xml
+CONFIG_ARM_COMPATIBLE_SEMIHOSTING=y