diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index c7edba18a6f0..d8573012694d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ config DRM_EXEC
 config DRM_GPUVM
 	tristate
 	depends on DRM
+	select DRM_EXEC
 	help
 	  GPU-VM representation providing helpers to manage a GPUs virtual
 	  address space