diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
index 889f914aa53..431fe9bb8c6 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ CONFIG_EPOLL=y
 # CONFIG_ET131X is not set
 CONFIG_ETHERNET=y
 # CONFIG_ETHOC is not set
-# CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK is not set
+CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK=y
 CONFIG_EVENTFD=y
 # CONFIG_EVM is not set
 # CONFIG_EXFAT_FS is not set