diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
index 9d9eade06cc..b20204e6477 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv6
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ options 	VIMAGE			# Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
+device		crypto			# IPSec && !crypto is nonsensical
 options 	IPSEC			# IP (v4/v6) security
 options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol
 options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem
diff --git a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7 b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
index daa499026fd..4034189ce27 100644
--- a/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
+++ b/sys/arm/conf/std.armv7
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ options 	VIMAGE			# Subsystem virtualization, e.g. VNET
 options 	INET			# InterNETworking
 options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
 options 	TCP_HHOOK		# hhook(9) framework for TCP
+device		crypto			# IPSec && !crypto is nonsensical
 options 	IPSEC			# IP (v4/v6) security
 options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol
 options 	FFS			# Berkeley Fast Filesystem