diff --git a/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc b/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
index 40fe162b892c0159720b7b2bd233bc74ac8b9137..8a0b64e1dc0538eda0131af9e6b3130a66538d92 100644
--- a/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 
 ifdef app
 	override arch_drivers += ,i2c
+	CONFIG_meta_driver_i2c = y
 	CONFIG_meta_driver_hardware_i2c = y
 endif
diff --git a/src/app/i2cdetect/main.cc b/src/app/i2cdetect/main.cc
index de524a65863ef20111c7e142099989c4265d8e75..18800e54880c587e9981ae8db9bfdf9a7a613a74 100644
--- a/src/app/i2cdetect/main.cc
+++ b/src/app/i2cdetect/main.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "arch.h"
 #include "driver/gpio.h"
 #include "driver/stdout.h"
-#if defined(CONFIG_meta_driver_i2c)
+#if defined(CONFIG_meta_driver_hardware_i2c)
 #include "driver/i2c.h"
 #elif defined(CONFIG_driver_softi2c)
 #include "driver/soft_i2c.h"