diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
index 5df05250de94..17c32ea58395 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ config VIDEOBUF2_CORE
 	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	tristate
 
+config VIDEOBUF2_V4L2
+	tristate
+
 config VIDEOBUF2_MEMOPS
 	tristate
 	select FRAME_VECTOR
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Makefile b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Makefile
index 19de5ccda20b..7e27bdd44dcc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/media/common/videobuf2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_CORE) += videobuf2-core.o videobuf2-v4l2.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_CORE) += videobuf2-core.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_V4L2) += videobuf2-v4l2.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_MEMOPS) += videobuf2-memops.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_VMALLOC) += videobuf2-vmalloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG) += videobuf2-dma-contig.o
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig
index bf52fbd07aed..8e37e7c5e0f7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config VIDEO_V4L2
 	tristate
 	depends on (I2C || I2C=n) && VIDEO_DEV
 	select RATIONAL
+	select VIDEOBUF2_V4L2 if VIDEOBUF2_CORE
 	default (I2C || I2C=n) && VIDEO_DEV
 
 config VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG