diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index 3ac39f1ec775b95e6b3ecea49599090f069aa244..3599770a24730f0782a899205c7a99806955391f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
 config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT
 	tristate '"connlimit" match support"'
 	depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
+	depends on NF_CONNTRACK
 	---help---
 	  This match allows you to match against the number of parallel
 	  connections to a server per client IP address (or address block).