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
diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/gcov_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/gcov_defconfig
index 4830aa6..90f514b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/gcov_defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/gcov_defconfig
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 # 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
diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/performance_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/performance_defconfig
index 61db449..13559d3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/performance_defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/performance_defconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 # 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
diff --git a/arch/s390/configs/zfcpdump_defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/zfcpdump_defconfig
index 948e0e0..e376789 100644
--- a/arch/s390/configs/zfcpdump_defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/configs/zfcpdump_defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
 # CONFIG_IUCV is not set
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_ATM=y
 CONFIG_ATM_LANE=y
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
diff --git a/arch/s390/defconfig b/arch/s390/defconfig
index 2e56498..fab35a8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/defconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/defconfig
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_NET_KEY=y