diff --git a/include/netfilter.mk b/include/netfilter.mk
index 2c71c070565..b00cdd81c62 100644
--- a/include/netfilter.mk
+++ b/include/netfilter.mk
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_NUMGEN, $(P_XT)nft_numg
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_OBJREF, $(P_XT)nft_objref),))
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_QUOTA, $(P_XT)nft_quota),))
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_REDIR, $(P_XT)nft_redir),))
-$(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_REJECT, $(P_XT)nft_reject $(P_V4)nft_reject_ipv4 $(P_V6)nft_reject_ipv6),))
+$(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_REJECT CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_IPV4 CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_IPV6, $(P_XT)nft_reject $(P_V4)nft_reject_ipv4 $(P_V6)nft_reject_ipv6),))
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_CORE,CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_INET, $(P_XT)nft_reject_inet),))
 
 $(eval $(if $(NF_KMOD),$(call nf_add,NFT_BRIDGE,CONFIG_NFT_BRIDGE_META, $(P_EBT)nft_meta_bridge),))
diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
index 83bb59be83e..9f9798179f5 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netfilter.mk
@@ -1058,6 +1058,9 @@ define KernelPackage/nft-core
   KCONFIG:= \
 	CONFIG_NFT_COMPAT=n \
 	CONFIG_NFT_QUEUE=n \
+	CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_INET \
+	CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_IPV4 \
+	CONFIG_NFT_REJECT_IPV6 \
 	$(KCONFIG_NFT_CORE)
 endef