diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
index 106f2d40d222..28a495c0c39c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ rm -rf .git/rebase-apply
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y libssl-dev
 
+# for msm header validation
+apt-get install -y python3-lxml
+
 if [[ "$KERNEL_ARCH" = "arm64" ]]; then
     GCC_ARCH="aarch64-linux-gnu"
     DEBIAN_ARCH="arm64"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.yml b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.yml
index 17ab38304885..9c198239033d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.yml
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ci/build.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ build-nodebugfs:arm64:
   extends: .build:arm64
   variables:
     DISABLE_KCONFIGS: "DEBUG_FS"
+    ENABLE_KCONFIGS: "EXPERT DRM_MSM_VALIDATE_XML"
 
 build:x86_64:
   extends: .build:x86_64