diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
index b49445df8a7e6c672f5ec7e590ded51647288b62..fb7b82aad763c4ae1b4f9cb954ecba2bc7344e6a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config DRM_VMWGFX
 	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
 	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
 	select DRM_TTM
+	select FB
 	# Only needed for the transitional use of drm_crtc_init - can be removed
 	# again once vmwgfx sets up the primary plane itself.
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER