diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
index 3309b82652affb6860196307f829d43487cbec0a..cee87bfd10c45f8e9bec618549e07591f81551ad 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig.debug
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config DRM_I915_DEBUG
         depends on DRM_I915
         select PREEMPT_COUNT
         select X86_MSR # used by igt/pm_rpm
+        select DRM_VGEM # used by igt/prime_vgem (dmabuf interop checks)
         default n
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