diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index ac69894eab88895020ac77e7b5c6f2a1b014d0be..6191861381768c60e5aa409e05934fba3a21d4a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -129,4 +129,7 @@ config KVM_MMU_AUDIT
 	 This option adds a R/W kVM module parameter 'mmu_audit', which allows
 	 auditing of KVM MMU events at runtime.
 
+config KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
+	bool
+
 endif # VIRTUALIZATION
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index f960f5d7664e6a0448d34cbace16b7297285f7f0..10776242764881ccdf93994af8407f4c080155c1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ config DRM_I915_GVT_KVMGT
 	depends on DRM_I915_GVT
 	depends on KVM
 	depends on VFIO_MDEV
+	select KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
 	default n
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you want to enable KVMGT support for