diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone1000-fvp.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone1000-fvp.conf
index bde3ba25..b2ed0fdf 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone1000-fvp.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone1000-fvp.conf
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc.p_fast_access] ?= "0"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc.diagnostics] ?= "2"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc.p_max_block_count] ?= "0xFFFF"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_config.pl180_fifo_depth] ?= "16"
+FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc.support_unpadded_images] ?= "true"
 
 # MMC2 card configuration
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc_2.card_type] ?= "SDHC"
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc_2.p_fast_access] ?= "0"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc_2.diagnostics] ?= "2"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc_2.p_max_block_count] ?= "0xFFFF"
 FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_config_2.pl180_fifo_depth] ?= "16"
+FVP_CONFIG[board.msd_mmc_2.support_unpadded_images] ?= "true"
 
 # Virtio-Net configuration
 FVP_CONFIG[board.virtio_net.enabled] ?= "1"