diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
     MLX5TOOL \
     NETCAT \
     NETGRAPH \
+    NETLINK_SUPPORT \
     NLS_CATALOGS \
     NS_CACHING \
     NTP \
@@ -354,12 +355,6 @@
 BROKEN_OPTIONS+= OFED
 .endif
 
-.if ${__T} == "i386" || ${__T} == "amd64"
-__DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS+=NETLINK_SUPPORT
-.else
-__DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS+=NETLINK_SUPPORT
-.endif
-
 # MK_host_egacy is set by local.sys.mk so is valid here
 .if ${MACHINE} == "host" && ${MK_host_egacy} == "yes"
 # we cannot expect tests to work