diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/default_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/default_defconfig
index 3ca1894..9d94fdd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/default_defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/default_defconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET_DIAG=m
 CONFIG_UNIX=y