diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/VIRT b/sys/arm/conf/VIRT
index ccb608759fbb..d2707ccd897d 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/VIRT
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/VIRT
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
 options 	PLATFORM
 options 	FREEBSD_BOOT_LOADER	# Process metadata passed from loader(8)
 options 	VFP			# Enable floating point hardware support
+options 	ARM_NEW_PMAP		# Enable the new v6 pmap
 
 # Debugging for use in -current
 makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		# Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols