diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 235feb657b0b..10256056647c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ config ATH79
 	select CSRC_R4K
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select GPIOLIB
+	select PINCTRL
 	select HAVE_CLK
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP