diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 3347254cb69..c2539595084 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ if KERNEL_LXC_MISC
 
 	config KERNEL_POSIX_MQUEUE
 		bool "POSIX Message Queues"
-		default n
+		default y
 		help
 		  POSIX variant of message queues is a part of IPC. In POSIX message
 		  queues every message has a priority which decides about succession