diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 448f9cb671..ccdf56dc91 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ SYSTEMD_CONF_ENV = $(HOST_UTF8_LOCALE_ENV)
 SYSTEMD_NINJA_ENV = $(HOST_UTF8_LOCALE_ENV)
 
 define SYSTEMD_LINUX_CONFIG_FIXUPS
+	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_TMPFS)
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_CGROUPS)
 	$(call KCONFIG_ENABLE_OPT,CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER)