diff --git a/core/arch/riscv/plat-virt/conf.mk b/core/arch/riscv/plat-virt/conf.mk
index 30dc3264ba9..1eccb73fee8 100644
--- a/core/arch/riscv/plat-virt/conf.mk
+++ b/core/arch/riscv/plat-virt/conf.mk
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CFG_RISCV_SBI ?= y
 
 # TA-related flags
 supported-ta-targets = ta_rv64
+CFG_WITH_STATS ?= y
 
 # Memory layout flags
 CFG_TDDRAM_START ?= 0x8e000000