diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index db400aad88fa6..1158a6b97f9a9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config DRM_I915
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
+	select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_DSC_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER