diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
index 8f6e950163a792..1b991b889506a9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ config NFT_COMPAT_ARP
 config IP_NF_ARPFILTER
 	tristate "arptables-legacy packet filtering support"
 	select IP_NF_ARPTABLES
+	select NETFILTER_FAMILY_ARP
 	depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
 	help
 	  ARP packet filtering defines a table `filter', which has a series of