diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig
index faba04d93ad5..71b42e66488a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/keystone_defconfig
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_DAVINCI=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_DAVINCI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV=y
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_SINGLE=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_DAVINCI=y