diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index b7fa44ddf45202aa60da278b88f1d939b5ca8ef2..235feb657b0b93cdd1a94dfd1cb3b04365d574af 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ config CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
 	bool "Cavium Networks Octeon SoC based boards"
 	select CEVT_R4K
 	select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA
+	select HAS_RAPIDIO
 	select PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN