diff --git a/generators/firechip/src/main/scala/TargetConfigs.scala b/generators/firechip/src/main/scala/TargetConfigs.scala
index b70ef647..c7aa556d 100644
--- a/generators/firechip/src/main/scala/TargetConfigs.scala
+++ b/generators/firechip/src/main/scala/TargetConfigs.scala
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class WithNVDLASmall extends nvidia.blocks.dla.WithNVDLA("small")
 
 // Tweaks that are generally applied to all firesim configs
 class WithFireSimConfigTweaks extends Config(
+  // Required: Bake in the default FASED memory model
+  new WithDefaultMemModel ++
   // Required*: Uses FireSim ClockBridge and PeekPokeBridge to drive the system with a single clock/reset
   new WithFireSimSimpleClocks ++
   // Required*: When using FireSim-as-top to provide a correct path to the target bootrom source