diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index b3c5bde43d34..e137eedb90d2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1703,6 +1703,8 @@ config CPU_BMIPS
 	select WEAK_ORDERING
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_HIGHMEM
 	select CPU_HAS_PREFETCH
+	select CPU_SUPPORTS_CPUFREQ
+	select MIPS_EXTERNAL_TIMER
 	help
 	  Support for BMIPS32/3300/4350/4380 and BMIPS5000 processors.