diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 89f7d0c28240..86ed77d75e4b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD if (!XIP_KERNEL)
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if (!THUMB2_KERNEL)
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER if (!XIP_KERNEL)
+	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
 	select HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if (PERF_EVENTS && (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7))