diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/config-5.4 b/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/config-5.4
index 46f519fa66..1be4db73fa 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/config-5.4
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/config-5.4
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_HZ_PERIODIC=y
 CONFIG_I2C=y
 CONFIG_I2C_BOARDINFO=y
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_I2C_MT7621=y
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=""