diff --git a/target/linux/imx6/config-4.9 b/target/linux/imx6/config-4.9
index e4f262b381..12ba566877 100644
--- a/target/linux/imx6/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/imx6/config-4.9
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ CONFIG_DMADEVICES=y
 CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE=y
 CONFIG_DMA_OF=y
 CONFIG_DTC=y
+CONFIG_E1000E=y
 CONFIG_EDAC_ATOMIC_SCRUB=y
 CONFIG_EDAC_SUPPORT=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS is not set