diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 3918990..7c826db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -2509,6 +2509,7 @@
 
 config PPP
 	tristate "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support"
+	select SLHC
 	---help---
 	  PPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a newer and better SLIP.  It serves
 	  the same purpose: sending Internet traffic over telephone (and other
@@ -2689,6 +2690,7 @@
 config SLIP_COMPRESSED
 	bool "CSLIP compressed headers"
 	depends on SLIP
+	select SLHC
 	---help---
 	  This protocol is faster than SLIP because it uses compression on the
 	  TCP/IP headers (not on the data itself), but it has to be supported
@@ -2701,6 +2703,12 @@
 	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>, explains how to configure
 	  CSLIP. This won't enlarge your kernel.
 
+config SLHC
+	tristate
+	help
+	  This option enables Van Jacobsen serial line header compression
+	  routines.
+
 config SLIP_SMART
 	bool "Keepalive and linefill"
 	depends on SLIP