diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 1b8e97331ffbdba1e8a6c6307ab76d3bc2f73028..610965dd87ced8e2afa059a608fe4e828ea655b3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ config ARCH_MEDIATEK
 	help
 	  Support for Mediatek MT65xx & MT81xx ARMv8 SoCs
 
+config ARCH_QCOM
+	bool "Qualcomm Platforms"
+	select PINCTRL
+	help
+	  This enables support for the ARMv8 based Qualcomm chipsets.
+
 config ARCH_SEATTLE
 	bool "AMD Seattle SoC Family"
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index be1f12a5a5f03b787d7cd45867075b62aac30014..d54a1f60b5cc4642f513ce47cc9720e4741d13a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 # CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_FSL_LS2085A=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MEDIATEK=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_QCOM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_THUNDER=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_VEXPRESS=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_XGENE=y
@@ -93,11 +94,14 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_MT6577=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_MSM=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_MSM_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_PL022=y
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_MSM8916=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_PL061=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_XGENE=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
@@ -127,6 +131,8 @@ CONFIG_RTC_DRV_EFI=y
 CONFIG_RTC_DRV_XGENE=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
+CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_QCOM=y
+CONFIG_MSM_GCC_8916=y
 # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_PHY_XGENE=y
 CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y