diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/mikrotik/config-default b/target/linux/ar71xx/mikrotik/config-default
index d863cf0f9c..fb905496bc 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/mikrotik/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/mikrotik/config-default
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ CONFIG_ATH79_MACH_RB95X=y
 # CONFIG_ATH79_NVRAM is not set
 CONFIG_ATH79_ROUTERBOOT=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="rootfstype=yaffs noinitrd"
+CONFIG_GPIO_74X164=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_LATCH=y
 # CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set
 CONFIG_LEDS_RB750=y