diff --git a/lib/kunit/Kconfig b/lib/kunit/Kconfig
index f80ca3aeedb0..94ff8e4089bf 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/kunit/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if KUNIT
 
 config KUNIT_DEBUGFS
 	bool "KUnit - Enable /sys/kernel/debug/kunit debugfs representation"
+	depends on DEBUG_FS
 	default y
 	help
 	  Enable debugfs representation for kunit.  Currently this consists