diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9 b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
index 06a63057e8e..af675abc307 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
@@ -1232,3 +1232,4 @@ CONFIG_XZ_DEC_SPARC=y
 CONFIG_XZ_DEC_X86=y
 CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y
 CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y
+CONFIG_QORIQ_THERMAL=y