diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4 b/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
index f5b2346e44..604fbc842d 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/config-4.4
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_UID16=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 # CONFIG_HIGHPTE is not set
+CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
 CONFIG_HWBM=y
 CONFIG_HWMON=y
 CONFIG_HZ_FIXED=0