diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5c23b2c..18c7fb2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -735,6 +735,12 @@ config I8259_PIC
 	  slave) interrupt controllers. Include this to have U-Boot set up
 	  the interrupt correctly.
 
+config PINCTRL_ICH6
+	bool
+	help
+	  Intel ICH6 compatible chipset pinctrl driver. It needs to work
+	  together with the ICH6 compatible gpio driver.
+
 config I8254_TIMER
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/baytrail/Kconfig b/arch/x86/cpu/baytrail/Kconfig
index ac58b03..022a9f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/baytrail/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/baytrail/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config INTEL_BAYTRAIL
 	imply AHCI_PCI
 	imply ICH_SPI
 	imply INTEL_ICH6_GPIO
+	imply PINCTRL_ICH6
 	imply MMC
 	imply MMC_PCI
 	imply MMC_SDHCI
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Kconfig b/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Kconfig
index eec92df..5f0e608 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/ivybridge/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_IVYBRIDGE
 	imply AHCI_PCI
 	imply ICH_SPI
 	imply INTEL_ICH6_GPIO
+	imply PINCTRL_ICH6
 	imply SCSI
 	imply SCSI_AHCI
 	imply SPI_FLASH
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index 5a64f6e..e80a7ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ENABLE_MRC_CACHE) += mrccache.o
 obj-y	+= northbridge-uclass.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I8259_PIC) += i8259.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_I8254_TIMER) += i8254.o
-obj-y	+= pinctrl_ich6.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PINCTRL_ICH6) += pinctrl_ich6.o
 obj-y	+= pirq_routing.o
 obj-y	+= relocate.o
 obj-y += physmem.o