diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 8a0352eb337c84ea5c9dd318edd7726b3946f583..9409be982aa64c1adc1359ec87c31c09c42efe63 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ config SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE
 
 config SERIAL_IMX_EARLYCON
 	bool "Earlycon on IMX serial port"
+	depends on ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on OF
 	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Makefile b/drivers/tty/serial/Makefile
index d056ee6cca33edeb7723dce2cb7957b8deff8104..caf167f0c10a6238417184606973ea7ffc71be5b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_ZS) += zs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI) += sh-sci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_CPM) += cpm_uart/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_IMX) += imx.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_IMX_EARLYCON) += imx_earlycon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_MPC52xx) += mpc52xx_uart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_ICOM) += icom.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SERIAL_MESON) += meson_uart.o