diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index cfa6420b9915a..46325c64ff226 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 config DRM_XE
 	tristate "Intel Xe Graphics"
-	depends on DRM && PCI && MMU
+	depends on DRM && PCI && MMU && (m || (y && KUNIT=y))
 	select INTERVAL_TREE
 	# we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs