diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3 b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
index e207cf1743..61fd745b4d 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW=y
 CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP=y
 # CONFIG_GENERIC_PWM is not set
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 CONFIG_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINTS=y
 CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y
 CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y