diff --git a/config/boards/khadas-vim3.conf b/config/boards/khadas-vim3.conf
index 27a058a185..0158e10a08 100644
--- a/config/boards/khadas-vim3.conf
+++ b/config/boards/khadas-vim3.conf
@@ -40,3 +40,16 @@ function post_uboot_custom_postprocess__khadas_vim3_uboot() {
 	display_alert "Signing u-boot FIP" "${BOARD}" "info"
 	uboot_g12_postprocess "${SRC}"/cache/sources/amlogic-boot-fip/khadas-vim3 g12b
 }
+
+# Enable extra u-boot .config options, this way we avoid patching defconfig
+function post_config_uboot_target__extra_configs_for_khadas_vim3() {
+	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: enable more compression support" "info"
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_LZO
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_BZIP2
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_ZSTD
+	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: enable kaslrseed support" "info"
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_CMD_KASLRSEED
+	display_alert "u-boot for ${BOARD}" "u-boot: enable gpio LED support" "info"
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_LED
+	run_host_command_logged scripts/config --enable CONFIG_LED_GPIO
+}