diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index 4a1fef09f658..07cbdfea9ae2 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ config IRQ_EDGE_EOI_HANDLER
 # Generic configurable interrupt chip implementation
 config GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
        bool
+       select IRQ_DOMAIN
 
 # Generic irq_domain hw <--> linux irq number translation
 config IRQ_DOMAIN