diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 9adc278a22ab..cc0dcbf1f6b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ config ARM
 	  Europe.  There is an ARM Linux project with a web page at
 	  <http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/>.
 
+config ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+	bool
+
 config HAVE_PWM
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/scatterlist.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/scatterlist.h
index 2f87870d9347..cefdb8f898a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/scatterlist.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/scatterlist.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASMARM_SCATTERLIST_H
 #define _ASMARM_SCATTERLIST_H
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+#define ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+#endif
+
 #include <asm/memory.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <asm-generic/scatterlist.h>