diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 12d0284a46e54a6cc74edde0fb5956924673a183..28d47f8eb9343c7c36dad9730d852c066ec022d5 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ config ARC
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
 
 config MIGHT_HAVE_PCI
 	bool