diff --git a/drivers/modem/Kconfig.cellular b/drivers/modem/Kconfig.cellular
index 0c0f8ce8a056..6aff7f8fb152 100644
--- a/drivers/modem/Kconfig.cellular
+++ b/drivers/modem/Kconfig.cellular
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config MODEM_CELLULAR
 	select MODEM_PIPE
 	select MODEM_PIPELINK
 	select MODEM_BACKEND_UART
+	select GPIO
 	select UART_USE_RUNTIME_CONFIGURE
 	select RING_BUFFER
 	select NET_L2_PPP_OPTION_MRU