diff --git a/Kconfig.host b/Kconfig.host
index 4af19bf70ef9f355c820472335898e26ed5bd55b..a9a55a9c315cd3560d4758f2c43b0e90a13a112e 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 e8e8e984f245578b07955caaaf4dfbd40fce2727..8ee15810c882bebc5ded47aa412eb9c2d418850a 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 b26c8bffc6fe074f05048f2424ec0ce9e6ab5453..d36dd085b5fc65ecfed98987934ca70b9e0a11b0 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',