diff --git a/target/linux/x86/xen_domu/config-3.3 b/target/linux/x86/xen_domu/config-3.3
index 6e818e4440..c34df71adc 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/xen_domu/config-3.3
+++ b/target/linux/x86/xen_domu/config-3.3
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ CONFIG_HVC_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_HVC_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_HVC_XEN=y
 CONFIG_IOMMU_HELPER=y
+CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP=y
+# CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ is not set
 # CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK is not set
 # CONFIG_LGUEST_GUEST is not set
 # CONFIG_M486 is not set