diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
index 743485e4d6f83c28de0729509b8951b9f112a4eb..345395e9dc6e9feb509676e7db8a6de7b6eefc0f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 menuconfig IIO
 	tristate "Industrial I/O support"
+	select ANON_INODES
 	help
 	  The industrial I/O subsystem provides a unified framework for
 	  drivers for many different types of embedded sensors using a