diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
index 2abc201977..4690a54609 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ config NORTHBRIDGE_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	select HAVE_VGA_TEXT_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select PARALLEL_MP
 
+config VBOOT
+	select VBOOT_STARTS_IN_BOOTBLOCK
+	select VBOOT_SEPARATE_VERSTAGE
+
 config NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_SUBTYPE_I945GC
 	def_bool n
 config NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_SUBTYPE_I945GM