diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 747a9c1228f247b959bd9ff11cc240c6cd4946ec..46798aa8d3ccf5a2f81943cbb73daf1659f229e8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ config QEMU
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
+	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	help
 	  Qemu is a software emulator which among other architectures also
 	  can simulate a MIPS32 4Kc system.  This patch adds support for the
@@ -1688,6 +1689,9 @@ config ARCH_DISCONTIGMEM_ENABLE
 	  or have huge holes in the physical address space for other reasons.
 	  See <file:Documentation/vm/numa> for more.
 
+config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
+	bool
+
 config NUMA
 	bool "NUMA Support"
 	depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_NUMA