diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 229965efde8..e930eeb004c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ config ARCH_XTENSA
 	select ARCH_HAVE_TESTSET
 	select ARCH_HAVE_STDARG_H
 	select ARCH_HAVE_SETJMP if ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_GNU
+	select ARCH_HAVE_SYSCALL_HOOKS
 	---help---
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