diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 7ff68c946073..ef54a59a9e89 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
+	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
 	select NO_BOOTMEM
 	select OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE