diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.common b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
index cc001347544416ca4c3f7e2bca2dedca5a674a42..de562da1bbed4058fd972bc7adae794338ef7e32 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.common
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config UML
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_UID16
 	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
+	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_IO