diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/sbsa-ref/e1000.cfg b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/sbsa-ref/e1000.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc3fe0047ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/files/sbsa-ref/e1000.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_E1000E=y
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-arm-platforms.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-arm-platforms.inc
index 537259589688..31b6df05407f 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-arm-platforms.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-arm-platforms.inc
@@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ KBUILD_DEFCONFIG:sbsa-ref = "defconfig"
 KCONFIG_MODE:sbsa-ref = "--alldefconfig"
 # Upstream defconfig often causes warnings but we don't maintain it
 KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL:sbsa-ref = "0"
+# Build e1000e into the kernel for testimage
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend:sbsa-ref := "${ARMBSPFILESPATHS}"
+SRC_URI:append:sbsa-ref = " file://e1000.cfg"