diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
index 192cf76fbf93..23991e45bc55 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ pmx_sdio: pmx-sdio {
 			};
 		};
 
+		thermal@10078 {
+			compatible = "marvell,kirkwood-thermal";
+			reg = <0x10078 0x4>;
+			status = "okay";
+		};
+
 		i2c@11100 {
 			compatible = "marvell,mv64xxx-i2c";
 			reg = <0x11100 0x20>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/kirkwood_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/kirkwood_defconfig
index 13482ea58b09..8f0065bb6f39 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/kirkwood_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/kirkwood_defconfig
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_ORION=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 # CONFIG_HWMON is not set
+CONFIG_THERMAL=y
+CONFIG_KIRKWOOD_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_ORION_WATCHDOG=y
 CONFIG_HID_DRAGONRISE=y