diff --git a/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk b/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
index 818c9f111a..1652032311 100644
--- a/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
+++ b/ports/atmel-samd/mpconfigport.mk
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CIRCUITPY_COUNTIO ?= 0
 # Not enough RAM for framebuffers
 CIRCUITPY_FRAMEBUFFERIO ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_FREQUENCYIO ?= 0
+CIRCUITPY_GIFIO ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_I2CPERIPHERAL ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_JSON ?= 0
 CIRCUITPY_KEYPAD ?= 0