diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/config
index 42699740936d..d6cf033d555e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ovpn/config
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_GCM=y
 CONFIG_DST_CACHE=y
 CONFIG_INET=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
 CONFIG_NET_UDP_TUNNEL=y
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES=m
+CONFIG_NF_TABLES_INET=y
 CONFIG_OVPN=m
 CONFIG_STREAM_PARSER=y