diff --git a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
index 1d0f7f80b..3404b9e9c 100644
--- a/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
+++ b/alpine/kernel/kernel_config
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER=y
 CONFIG_MEMCG=y
 CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP=y
 CONFIG_MEMCG_SWAP_ENABLED=y
-# CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM is not set
+CONFIG_MEMCG_KMEM=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_HUGETLB=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_SCHED=y