diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
+options		NETLINK			# netlink(4) support
 options		ROUTE_MPATH		# Multipath routing support
 options		FIB_ALGO		# Modular fib lookups
 options 	TCP_OFFLOAD		# TCP offload
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
 device		crypto			# core crypto support
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
+options		NETLINK			# netlink(4) support
 options 	SCTP_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of SCTP
 options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
 options 	SOFTUPDATES		# Enable FFS soft updates support
diff --git a/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64 b/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
--- a/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
+++ b/sys/arm64/conf/std.arm64
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
 options 	CC_CUBIC		# include CUBIC congestion control
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
+options		NETLINK			# netlink(4) support
 options 	ROUTE_MPATH		# Multipath routing support
 options 	FIB_ALGO		# Modular fib lookups
 options 	TCP_OFFLOAD		# TCP offload
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
--- a/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
 options 	IPSEC_SUPPORT		# Allow kldload of ipsec and tcpmd5
+options		NETLINK			# netlink(4) support
 options		ROUTE_MPATH		# Multipath routing support
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
 options 	TCP_OFFLOAD		# TCP offload