diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index e207be68d4cadb63eb4e90570110fb92f50449ba..97f31741312274fb3486ad7787a3bca9715487d1 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ config RAMFS
 
 config CONFIGFS_FS
 	tristate "Userspace-driven configuration filesystem (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+	depends on SYSFS && EXPERIMENTAL
 	help
 	  configfs is a ram-based filesystem that provides the converse
 	  of sysfs's functionality. Where sysfs is a filesystem-based