diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/mlx5.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/mlx5.conf
index 140d720928..eb0baa101b 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/mlx5.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/mlx5.conf
@@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN=y
 CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ARFS=y
 # Mellanox MLX5 ethernet rx nfc flow steering support
 CONFIG_MLX5_EN_RXNFC=y
+
+# InfiniBand subsystem core (required for RDMA / RoCE)
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND=y
+# RoCEv2 address translation (GID table management)
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS=y
+# Userspace RDMA verbs access (/dev/infiniband/uverbs*)
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS=y
+# Userspace MAD (management datagram) interface
+CONFIG_INFINIBAND_USER_MAD=y
+# Mellanox ConnectX InfiniBand/RoCE driver (mlx5_ib)
+CONFIG_MLX5_INFINIBAND=y
+# RDMA cgroup controller (required by mlx5_ib)
+CONFIG_CGROUP_RDMA=y
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 0f11735ff8..538165229c 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-196
+197