diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
index ef8214661612f892070a3eaa788779e11235c600..8a1c9f949fe082889aa4057ed1886c16249ef2b9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_KPROBES=y
 CONFIG_FTRACE=y