diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
index 78eb9847008f..a6e2677724e1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ config KVM
 	depends on HAVE_KVM && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 	select ANON_INODES
+	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
 	---help---
 	  Support hosting paravirtualized guest machines using the SIE
 	  virtualization capability on the mainframe. This should work
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index a28f338843ea..45c044f0fff7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ config KVM
 	select TASK_DELAY_ACCT
 	select PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_KVM_MSI
+	select HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
 	---help---
 	  Support hosting fully virtualized guest machines using hardware
 	  virtualization extensions.  You will need a fairly recent
diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index 28694f4a9139..d01b24b72c61 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ config KVM_ASYNC_PF
 
 config HAVE_KVM_MSI
        bool
+
+config HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT
+       bool