diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/fvp-baser-aemv8r64.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/fvp-baser-aemv8r64.conf
index f7bed763..1f1b1709 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/fvp-baser-aemv8r64.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/fvp-baser-aemv8r64.conf
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ FVP_CONFIG[pctl.startup] ?= "0.0.0.*"
 FVP_CONFIG[bp.virtio_net.enabled] ?= "1"
 FVP_CONFIG[bp.virtio_net.hostbridge.userNetworking] ?= "1"
 FVP_CONFIG[bp.vis.rate_limit-enable] ?= "0"
+FVP_CONFIG[bp.refcounter.use_real_time] ?= "1"