diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index cf006d40342ca4d51a0128ca0ae60dc36452cd6f..c67494fc05a77404fc63f61bc2b128d821bb7d46 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ config ARCH_MXS
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
 	select HAVE_CLK_PREPARE
+	select PINCTRL
 	help
 	  Support for Freescale MXS-based family of processors
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
index c57f9964a713677ac0a5d93fdc0c89d0e16fe048..07d5383d68ee69f7e5f9bdd652f339d2f9f8f130 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mxs/Kconfig
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ config SOC_IMX23
 	bool
 	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select HAVE_PWM
+	select PINCTRL_IMX23
 
 config SOC_IMX28
 	bool
 	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select HAVE_PWM
+	select PINCTRL_IMX28
 
 comment "MXS platforms:"