diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 66a04f6f477530090070fb46a26baa7cc240165c..c88a48d622fc38d92522284f28bd9e2268610b12 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1517,6 +1517,7 @@ config ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	bool
+	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE