diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index 3a22eb9be3783ac890514980e4ea7939c0a38e31..f33d2527991262115fd287e5b0e0440fb7fa5552 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ config DRM_I915
 config DRM_I915_KMS
 	bool "Enable modesetting on intel by default"
 	depends on DRM_I915
+	# i915 KMS depends on ACPI_VIDEO when ACPI is enabled
+	# but for select to work, need to select ACPI_VIDEO's dependencies, ick
+	select VIDEO_OUTPUT_CONTROL if ACPI
+	select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE if ACPI
+	select INPUT if ACPI
+	select ACPI_VIDEO if ACPI
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you want kernel modesetting enabled by default,
 	  and you have a new enough userspace to support this. Running old