diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/defconfig b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/defconfig
index 4526121a44..f0e63c2a1f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/defconfig
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox-1.21.1/defconfig
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ CONFIG_LSMOD=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_LSMOD_PRETTY_2_6_OUTPUT is not set
 CONFIG_MODPROBE=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MODPROBE_BLACKLIST is not set
-# CONFIG_DEPMOD is not set
+CONFIG_DEPMOD=y
 
 #
 # Options common to multiple modutils