diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 3b3eb4e..ea45eef 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES if (!XIP_KERNEL)
 	help
 	  The ARM series is a line of low-power-consumption RISC chip designs
 	  licensed by ARM Ltd and targeted at embedded applications and
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index b46932c..0e56e96 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	# that we usually don't need on AVR32.
 	select EMBEDDED
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 	help
 	  AVR32 is a high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core,
 	  designed for cost-sensitive embedded applications, with particular
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 5e410f2..8db6324 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 	select PM if (!IA64_HP_SIM)
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 	default y
 	help
 	  The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index c3c29e7..c6f3eb5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/ppc/Kconfig b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
index ea9eb48..92e37f5 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc/Kconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 
 config PPC32
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index c561f6f..272c6c8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 config S390
 	def_bool y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
index ca14d88..cbdc80d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 
 config SPARC64
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 6559488..72db31c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 config X86
 	def_bool y
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
+	select HAVE_KPROBES
 
 config GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
 	def_bool n