diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
index c0d4154d144f1eeac5418a048a0ccded798c3419..98a190dea97d16e1b5e5fb2d2ce306c39d11ce57 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ieee802154/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ config IEEE802154
 	  Say Y here to compile LR-WPAN support into the kernel or say M to
 	  compile it as modules.
 
+config IEEE802154_SOCKET
+	tristate "IEEE 802.15.4 socket interface"
+	depends on IEEE802154
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  Socket interface for IEEE 802.15.4. Contains DGRAM sockets interface
+	  for 802.15.4 dataframes. Also RAW socket interface to build MAC
+	  header from userspace.
+
 config IEEE802154_6LOWPAN
 	tristate "6lowpan support over IEEE 802.15.4"
 	depends on IEEE802154 && 6LOWPAN
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Makefile b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
index 9f6970f2a28b9e9d6840ccbef56efdf3d19b2531..53612d1debe194b80c0d4be8fcca5b69d7d5e849 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154) += ieee802154.o af_802154.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154) += ieee802154.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154_SOCKET) += af_802154.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154_6LOWPAN) += ieee802154_6lowpan.o
 
 ieee802154_6lowpan-y := 6lowpan_rtnl.o reassembly.o