diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 375f9d278139..a00a1d46cf01 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ config ARC
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
 	select HAVE_FUTEX_CMPXCHG if FUTEX
 	select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP