diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 2e491ac15622a559c88ba12a4067eeb5ca704115..f0df318104e7272ef97641421c938069a047a85e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ config ZLIB_INFLATE
 
 config ZLIB_DEFLATE
 	tristate
+	select BITREVERSE
 
 config LZO_COMPRESS
 	tristate