diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 0d68355..47b172d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 config CRC32
 	tristate "CRC32 functions"
 	default y
+	select BITREVERSE
 	help
 	  This option is provided for the case where no in-kernel-tree
 	  modules require CRC32 functions, but a module built outside the