diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
index e58edc36b406..62303043db9c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ CONFIG_HW_RANDOM=y
 CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_OMAP24XX=y
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_SINGLE=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_TWL4030=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
index 4a4d058ed146..e45bbffb7eec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS_TYPICAL
 	select TWL4030_CORE if ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4
 	select TWL4030_POWER if ARCH_OMAP3 || ARCH_OMAP4
 	select HIGHMEM
+	select PINCTRL
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