diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 7fa8f615ba6e7edaec647959f8d4623fcab4bad5..3d31636cbafb584d25995e6ae6ff9d253a95901d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -687,3 +687,6 @@ config IRQ_PER_CPU
 
 config IOMMU_HELPER
 	def_bool (IA64_HP_ZX1 || IA64_HP_ZX1_SWIOTLB || IA64_GENERIC || SWIOTLB)
+
+config IOMMU_API
+	def_bool (DMAR)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 249d1e0824b523e0a1e51a613a86a497649cc089..4737435b00d416452930a0f678bcfdd5366610d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -599,6 +599,9 @@ config SWIOTLB
 config IOMMU_HELPER
 	def_bool (CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU)
 
+config IOMMU_API
+	def_bool (AMD_IOMMU || DMAR)
+
 config MAXSMP
 	bool "Configure Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
 	depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index c66637392bbc71756731941a50253240d0da3b9a..b5b8ba512b282028afd61dbf32892ba4018e862d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) += memory.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= topology.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IOMMU_API) += iommu.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSFS),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)	+= module.o
 endif