diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index f35a1f75b15b..661cafc756ac 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ config SPEAR_THERMAL
 
 config RCAR_THERMAL
 	tristate "Renesas R-Car thermal driver"
-	depends on ARCH_SHMOBILE
+	depends on ARCH_SHMOBILE || COMPILE_TEST
 	help
 	  Enable this to plug the R-Car thermal sensor driver into the Linux
 	  thermal framework.