diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 35511999156af4a2d3559b3ac9d6c0038630451e..154b811d5894e21aca2345a7f0a5eeacbf58ab07 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -3149,6 +3149,7 @@ config MIPS32_O32
 config MIPS32_N32
 	bool "Kernel support for n32 binaries"
 	depends on 64BIT
+	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select COMPAT
 	select MIPS32_COMPAT
 	select SYSVIPC_COMPAT if SYSVIPC