diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index bc428b5f126c..a4787197d8fe 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
+	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 
 config MMU
 	def_bool y