diff --git a/core/linux-raspberrypi/config b/core/linux-raspberrypi/config
index 625ad60cc..29c500304 100644
--- a/core/linux-raspberrypi/config
+++ b/core/linux-raspberrypi/config
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ CONFIG_MEMORY_ISOLATION=y
 # CONFIG_HAVE_BOOTMEM_INFO_NODE is not set
 CONFIG_PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED=y
 CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
-# CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set
+CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_MIGRATION=y
 # CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG=0