diff --git a/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki.config b/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki.config
index 829822b3..a5aac24d 100644
--- a/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki.config
+++ b/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki.config
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mode = "idem"
 role = "kernel"
 expand =  true
 strict =  true
+enable_imports = true
 
 # Ensure that we are never adding these to the tree, and thus
 # do not attempt to look up the source files for these.
diff --git a/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki_gpu.config b/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki_gpu.config
index 6e52ec5a..2a26548d 100644
--- a/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki_gpu.config
+++ b/src/ecwam/ecwam_loki_gpu.config
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mode = "idem"
 role = "kernel"
 expand =  true
 strict =  true
+enable_imports = true
 
 # Ensure that we are never adding these to the tree, and thus
 # do not attempt to look up the source files for these.