diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index d8efd6cb3d42..24282ad99d85 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ config SERIAL_CLPS711X_CONSOLE
 
 config SERIAL_SAMSUNG
 	tristate "Samsung SoC serial support"
+	depends on PLAT_SAMSUNG || ARCH_S5PV210 || ARCH_EXYNOS || ARCH_APPLE || COMPILE_TEST
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 	help
 	  Support for the on-chip UARTs on the Samsung S3C24XX series CPUs,