diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/ARMADAXP b/sys/arm/conf/ARMADAXP
index 54aa63549de1..50ed7edc9d51 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/ARMADAXP
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/ARMADAXP
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ options 	MUTEX_NOINLINE
 options 	RWLOCK_NOINLINE
 options 	NO_FFS_SNAPSHOT
 options 	NO_SWAPPING
+options 	VFP
 
 options 	SMP