diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/dax.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/dax.conf
index 7f8824e132..6c48de444e 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/dax.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/dax.conf
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ CONFIG_NVMEM=y
 #CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_DAX=y
 CONFIG_FS_DAX=y
+CONFIG_FUSE_DAX=y
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 84df3526d8..d22307c427 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-87
+88