diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 8d22015fde3e053dc95b5f82aaa94d6c8ee3d2ce..1e95920b07377417415c8622201d8e04bfd1f1a7 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select GPIOLIB
         select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
+	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
index 2832f031fb11d0e86fe695ced404c41cf36ebf90..6dd177d28c3be206a8a6be39487e251b42d11328 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ generic-y += hw_irq.h
 generic-y += ioctl.h
 generic-y += ioctls.h
 generic-y += ipcbuf.h
+generic-y += irq.h
 generic-y += irq_regs.h
 generic-y += irq_work.h
 generic-y += kdebug.h