diff --git a/Kconfig.host b/Kconfig.host
index 4af19bf70e..a9a55a9c31 100644
--- a/Kconfig.host
+++ b/Kconfig.host
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ config VHOST_USER
     bool
     select VHOST
 
+config VHOST_VDPA
+    bool
+    select VHOST
+
 config VHOST_KERNEL
     bool
     select VHOST
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e8e8e984f2..8ee15810c8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2494,9 +2494,10 @@ if test "$vhost_net_vdpa" = "yes" && test "$vhost_vdpa" = "no"; then
   error_exit "--enable-vhost-net-vdpa requires --enable-vhost-vdpa"
 fi
 
-# OR the vhost-kernel and vhost-user values for simplicity
+# OR the vhost-kernel, vhost-vdpa and vhost-user values for simplicity
 if test "$vhost_net" = ""; then
   test "$vhost_net_user" = "yes" && vhost_net=yes
+  test "$vhost_net_vdpa" = "yes" && vhost_net=yes
   test "$vhost_kernel" = "yes" && vhost_net=yes
 fi
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b26c8bffc6..d36dd085b5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ kconfig_external_symbols = [
   'CONFIG_OPENGL',
   'CONFIG_X11',
   'CONFIG_VHOST_USER',
+  'CONFIG_VHOST_VDPA',
   'CONFIG_VHOST_KERNEL',
   'CONFIG_VIRTFS',
   'CONFIG_LINUX',