diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 5b71469..b63902e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
 	select NO_IOPORT
-	select PINCTRL
+	select PINCTRL if ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	help