diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/Kconfig
index 40446636d79b34ce93505fe58a1e7c11205d4d2d..3d3c3339dbc7f8d436f8aae39e900e43fbf9d0d3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config LIS3L02DQ
 	tristate "ST Microelectronics LIS3L02DQ Accelerometer Driver"
 	depends on SPI
 	select IIO_TRIGGER if IIO_RING_BUFFER
+	select IIO_SW_RING if IIO_RING_BUFFER
 	help
 	  Say yes here to build SPI support for the ST microelectronics
 	  accelerometer. The driver supplies direct access via sysfs files