diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
index 840a84bb5ee26e54ad6ec4abab52de5e43053715..48113b210cf9384fff963de10799c88366bcdb36 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/Kconfig
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 menuconfig HOTPLUG_PCI
 	bool "Support for PCI Hotplug"
 	depends on PCI && SYSFS
+	default y if USB4
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you have a motherboard with a PCI Hotplug controller.
 	  This allows you to add and remove PCI cards while the machine is
 	  powered up and running.
 
+	  Thunderbolt/USB4 PCIe tunneling depends on native PCIe hotplug.
+
 	  When in doubt, say N.
 
 if HOTPLUG_PCI
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
index 788ac8df3f9dbf9891ceb612af909e7b07dc7805..228652a59f27e0c29ecef7fb337596653dd9e0b4 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #
 config PCIEPORTBUS
 	bool "PCI Express Port Bus support"
+	default y if USB4
 	help
 	  This enables PCI Express Port Bus support. Users can then enable
 	  support for Native Hot-Plug, Advanced Error Reporting, Power
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ config PCIEPORTBUS
 config HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE
 	bool "PCI Express Hotplug driver"
 	depends on HOTPLUG_PCI && PCIEPORTBUS
+	default y if USB4
 	help
-	  Say Y here if you have a motherboard that supports PCI Express Native
-	  Hotplug
+	  Say Y here if you have a motherboard that supports PCIe native
+	  hotplug.
+
+	  Thunderbolt/USB4 PCIe tunneling depends on native PCIe hotplug.
 
 	  When in doubt, say N.