diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/generic_defconfig
index 6e03ae0d2ef7..e926e288f107 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/generic_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ CONFIG_PM_AUTOSLEEP=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_SIG=y
 CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_CMA=y