diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
index 3738cd695132..c6ebc184bf68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/u8500_defconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE="root=/dev/ram0 console=ttyAMA2,115200n8"
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_ARM_U8500_CPUIDLE=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y
 CONFIG_NEON=y
 CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME=y