diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4 b/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
index e094185852..27d0a0fe5b 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_DEVRES=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_MVEBU=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_MVEBU_PWM=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X=y
+# CONFIG_GPIO_PCA953X_IRQ is not set
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND=y