diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
index 32ad2df07..eb914365f 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
@@ -6572,7 +6572,7 @@ CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=y
 # CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR is not set
 # CONFIG_ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET is not set
-# CONFIG_DEBUG_WX is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_WX=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA=y
 # CONFIG_ARM64_RELOC_TEST is not set
 # CONFIG_CORESIGHT is not set
