diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/Kconfig
index f2f0739d1035dfc6360cb024eb7d51b09d1ca1c5..6376976496126c5f4cd9b87cc18926908df8f7c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ menuconfig DRM_TINYDRM
 
 config TINYDRM_MIPI_DBI
 	tristate
+	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 
 config TINYDRM_HX8357D
 	tristate "DRM support for HX8357D display panels"