diff --git a/config-mpi b/config-mpi
index b83cab48b18b3..460e4e5a11412 100644
--- a/config-mpi
+++ b/config-mpi
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=m
 CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT=m
+CONFIG_VHOST_NET=m
 CONFIG_AMD_IOMMU=y
 CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU=y
 # CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_SCALABLE_MODE_DEFAULT_ON is not set