diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
index a59fecaea..aa34b64db 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.aarch64-ipfire
@@ -7089,7 +7089,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
index dc8d3a6b9..7b82e87df 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.armv6l-ipfire
@@ -7189,7 +7189,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems
 
diff --git a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
index 29fc30274..fe93d731c 100644
--- a/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
+++ b/config/kernel/kernel.config.x86_64-ipfire
@@ -6566,7 +6566,8 @@ CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE=437
 CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="ascii"
 # CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_UTF8 is not set
-# CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set
+CONFIG_EXFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_EXFAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET="utf8"
 # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
 # end of DOS/FAT/EXFAT/NT Filesystems