diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 58eae28c3dd618d2c58e5f1adb9a93b07e1e6425..d4bbebe1d72f8f747075a3e9e1bd14de9543b54f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1483,6 +1483,7 @@ config X86_PAE
 
 config X86_5LEVEL
 	bool "Enable 5-level page tables support"
+	default y
 	select DYNAMIC_MEMORY_LAYOUT
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 	depends on X86_64