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diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig b/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
index 797a6c36d984..5d2c37dcf11a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ config VIDEO_IR
         depends on IR_CORE
         default IR_CORE
 
+config LIRC
+        tristate
+        default y
+
+        ---help---
+           Enable this option to build the Linux Infrared Remote
+           Control (LIRC) core device interface driver. The LIRC
+           interface passes raw IR to and from userspace, where the
+           LIRC daemon handles protocol decoding for IR reception ann
+           encoding for IR transmitting (aka "blasting").
+
 source "drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Kconfig"
 
 config IR_NEC_DECODER