diff --git a/scripts/defconfig b/scripts/defconfig
index 626cd73f..d5bcfe59 100644
--- a/scripts/defconfig
+++ b/scripts/defconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #
 # General configuration
 #
+CONFIG_BUILDX11=y
 CONFIG_BINDIR='/usr/bin'
 CONFIG_SBINDIR='/sbin'
 CONFIG_MANDIR='/usr/man'