diff --git a/src/cpu/Kconfig b/src/cpu/Kconfig
index 915526b2dc..e10a7022d4 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ config SSE
 config SSE2
 	bool
 	default n
+	select SSE
 	help
 	  Select SSE2 in your socket or model Kconfig if your CPU has SSE2
 	  streaming SIMD instructions. Some parts of coreboot can be built