diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index cea0cd9a316f..2924f4e77791 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1148,6 +1148,9 @@ config X86_PAE
 config ARCH_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
 	def_bool X86_64 || X86_PAE
 
+config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
+	def_bool X86_64 || HIGHMEM64G
+
 config DIRECT_GBPAGES
 	bool "Enable 1GB pages for kernel pagetables" if EMBEDDED
 	default y