diff --git a/drivers/soc/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/imx/Kconfig
index a8742fc58f01..76a4593baf0a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/imx/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config IMX_GPCV2_PM_DOMAINS
 	default y if SOC_IMX7D
 
 config SOC_IMX8M
-	bool "i.MX8M SoC family support"
+	tristate "i.MX8M SoC family support"
 	depends on ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
 	default ARCH_MXC && ARM64
 	select SOC_BUS