diff --git a/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig b/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
index 9d8521b8c854e97dbc922092bb7472a35e0a725c..6b68f12f29db4615fe36569b0e4d9d9fe30229be 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/configs/sparc64_defconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y
 CONFIG_SUN_OPENPROMFS=m
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_XFRM_USER=m