diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 94fa9e3f823540305d46497c2a140c3c8db0d6de..900d505ee5d566e87a09cbe9a9f6ed20e696b327 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ config HISI_THERMAL
 
 config IMX_THERMAL
 	tristate "Temperature sensor driver for Freescale i.MX SoCs"
-	depends on CPU_THERMAL
+	depends on (ARCH_MXC && CPU_THERMAL) || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on MFD_SYSCON
 	depends on OF
 	help