diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
index b7386524c356619ceb9889553144e1292d2e1904..4357cb8e48a7f2bdf16bd35eb1a6e6d80982e44d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/omap2plus_defconfig
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ CONFIG_TI_EDMA=y
 CONFIG_DMA_OMAP=y
 # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_EXTCON=m
+CONFIG_EXTCON_GPIO=m
 CONFIG_EXTCON_PALMAS=m
 CONFIG_TI_EMIF=m
 CONFIG_PWM=y