diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 339df7324e9c2004bf0b182fc274b4f5c1497d54..9ecad05bfc7343ade8e5164d8fb0194fb494671f 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
+	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 	select OR1K_PIC
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS if !OPENRISC_HAVE_INST_FF1
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ config STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
 	def_bool  y
 
+config MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
+	def_bool y
+
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"