diff --git a/package/linux-tools/Config.in b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
index 22204ed090..4916faa349 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/Config.in
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_TOOLS_SELFTESTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BASH # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_TARGET_PROGS # runtime (tput)
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS # runtime (modprobe -n)
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX