diff --git a/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc b/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
index 501e9143faff3ff18bd0c2f8904f9066b2c39b7a..40fe162b892c0159720b7b2bd233bc74ac8b9137 100644
--- a/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/app/i2cdetect/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 
 ifdef app
 	override arch_drivers += ,i2c
+	CONFIG_meta_driver_hardware_i2c = y
 endif