diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/kvm/Kconfig
index ef3e7be29caf6d..bf82e47c98bbf8 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config KVM
 	select ANON_INODES
 	select HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP
 	select KVM_APIC_ARCHITECTURE
+	select KVM_MMIO
 	---help---
 	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
 	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
index 6fb6e8aa389039..be28968c79415d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config KVM
 	bool
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 	select ANON_INODES
+	select KVM_MMIO
 
 config KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 4cd4983324668d..06871111bf545a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ config KVM
 	select HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 	select KVM_APIC_ARCHITECTURE
 	select USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
+	select KVM_MMIO
 	---help---
 	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
 	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index daece36c0a5754..7f1178f6b839d4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ config HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD
 
 config KVM_APIC_ARCHITECTURE
        bool
+
+config KVM_MMIO
+       bool