diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/Kconfig
index cfd369cf4c8c..c0e05f71826d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config FSL_DPAA2_ETH
 	depends on FSL_MC_BUS && FSL_MC_DPIO
 	select PHYLINK
 	select PCS_LYNX
+	select FSL_XGMAC_MDIO
 	help
 	  This is the DPAA2 Ethernet driver supporting Freescale SoCs
 	  with DPAA2 (DataPath Acceleration Architecture v2).