diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig
index 6e0f751be2293e57391793d31aba40a4ec7f7cc1..7b36ebbdcc1d0b6a75ac74d85bde3178f1ca67e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mxs_defconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
 CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
 # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_IPC_NS is not set
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set