diff --git a/target/linux/imx6/config-3.10 b/target/linux/imx6/config-3.10
index 005dd6c49e..0d4f16d549 100644
--- a/target/linux/imx6/config-3.10
+++ b/target/linux/imx6/config-3.10
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ CONFIG_HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_UID16=y
 CONFIG_I2C=y
 CONFIG_I2C_BOARDINFO=y
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
 CONFIG_I2C_IMX=y
 # CONFIG_IMX2_WDT is not set
 # CONFIG_IMX_DMA is not set