diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
index 8f39f9ba5c80..4c2ce210c123 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if NVM
 
 config NVM_PBLK
 	tristate "Physical Block Device Open-Channel SSD target"
+	select CRC32
 	help
 	  Allows an open-channel SSD to be exposed as a block device to the
 	  host. The target assumes the device exposes raw flash and must be