diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 87198d957e2f..6df7779ed6da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS			if GART_IOMMU || XEN
 	select ARCH_HAS_EARLY_DEBUG		if KGDB
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL