diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
index 54cd3807f8c6..e31f4c4061d8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_NOVALAKE
 
 config SND_SOC_SOF_HDA_COMMON
 	tristate
+	select SND_HDA_EXT_CORE
 
 config SND_SOC_SOF_HDA_GENERIC
 	tristate