diff --git a/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
index e8676aa97d62f75a66fa32a402aa5158575255d6..71805ced1aae393a1d5fc0a31aebdc9b2af0b69f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ menu "IIO dummy driver"
 	depends on IIO
 
 config IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN
-       tristate
+	select IRQ_WORK
+	tristate
 
 config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY
        tristate "An example driver with no hardware requirements"