diff --git a/drivers/staging/ramster/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/ramster/Kconfig
index 843c54101438..3abf6619dace 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ramster/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/ramster/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ZCACHE2
 config RAMSTER
 	bool "Cross-machine RAM capacity sharing, aka peer-to-peer tmem"
 	depends on CONFIGFS_FS=y && SYSFS=y && !HIGHMEM && ZCACHE2=y
+	depends on NET
 	# must ensure struct page is 8-byte aligned
 	select HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE if !64_BIT
 	default n