diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/stingray_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/stingray_defconfig
index 7d59ae32cc5b..e2140e15646f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/stingray_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/stingray_defconfig
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ CONFIG_SPI_TEGRA=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_GPIO is not set
-# CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS is not set
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 
 #
 # Memory mapped GPIO expanders: