diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index d68df1febd25..d3e64cc0932b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS if (TARGET_ISA_REV < 1)