diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 0c8e553e0b9f8cafdc40853047d3e9b873885ed3..1325c3bc58e11934222dd7c493f1632535ab242d 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config IA64
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_KVM
+	select TTY
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK