diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/kano/include/variant/ec.h b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/kano/include/variant/ec.h
index 7a2a6ff8b7..6f104d5da4 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/kano/include/variant/ec.h
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/kano/include/variant/ec.h
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 
 #include <baseboard/ec.h>
 
+/* Enable EC backed Keyboard Backlight in ACPI */
+#define EC_ENABLE_KEYBOARD_BACKLIGHT
+
 #endif