diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
index 9401bfec46235aa76a4d866f45a6270fe6925528..9408099eec48e59b033900957f8ce0a02c76dbb6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ menu "RAM/ROM/Flash chip drivers"
 config MTD_CFI
 	tristate "Detect flash chips by Common Flash Interface (CFI) probe"
 	select MTD_GEN_PROBE
+	select MTD_CFI_UTIL
 	help
 	  The Common Flash Interface specification was developed by Intel,
 	  AMD and other flash manufactures that provides a universal method