diff --git a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace30_ptl.conf b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace30_ptl.conf
index 12aa78162c06..45c73bd9d1a8 100644
--- a/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace30_ptl.conf
+++ b/app/boards/intel_adsp_ace30_ptl.conf
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ CONFIG_MM_DRV_INTEL_ADSP_TLB_REMAP_UNUSED_RAM=y
 CONFIG_MM_DRV_INTEL_VIRTUAL_REGION_COUNT=2
 CONFIG_XTENSA_MMU_NUM_L2_TABLES=128
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SEC=12000
+# UAOL is no longer default-enabled since Zephyr commit fc2b1b2f3e2;
+# it must be forced on for PTL
+CONFIG_UAOL=y
 
 # Zephyr / power settings
 CONFIG_ADSP_IMR_CONTEXT_SAVE=y