diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
index ebd0879e04d44..bac96c0dd66e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config DRM_XE
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
 	select DRM_BUDDY
+	select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
 	select DRM_EXEC
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_KUNIT_TEST_HELPERS if DRM_XE_KUNIT_TEST != n