diff --git a/arch/metag/mm/Kconfig b/arch/metag/mm/Kconfig
index cd7f2f2ad416b9..975f2f4e3ecf55 100644
--- a/arch/metag/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/metag/mm/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ endchoice
 
 config NUMA
 	bool "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Support"
+	select ARCH_WANT_NUMA_VARIABLE_LOCALITY
 	help
 	  Some Meta systems have MMU-mappable on-chip memories with
 	  lower latencies than main memory. This enables support for