diff --git a/drivers/clk/Kconfig b/drivers/clk/Kconfig
index 53ddba26578c..98efbfcdb503 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/clk/Kconfig
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ config COMMON_CLK_KEYSTONE
 config COMMON_CLK_NXP
 	def_bool COMMON_CLK && (ARCH_LPC18XX || ARCH_LPC32XX)
 	select REGMAP_MMIO if ARCH_LPC32XX
+	select MFD_SYSCON if ARCH_LPC18XX
 	---help---
 	  Support for clock providers on NXP platforms.