diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index c87ae7c6e5f9..df6f86ca6c1a 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config XTENSA
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
+	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE
diff --git a/scripts/sortextable.c b/scripts/sortextable.c
index cc49062acdee..1052d4834a44 100644
--- a/scripts/sortextable.c
+++ b/scripts/sortextable.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 #define EM_ARCOMPACT	93
 #endif
 
+#ifndef EM_XTENSA
+#define EM_XTENSA	94
+#endif
+
 #ifndef EM_AARCH64
 #define EM_AARCH64	183
 #endif
@@ -281,6 +285,7 @@ do_file(char const *const fname)
 	case EM_AARCH64:
 	case EM_MICROBLAZE:
 	case EM_MIPS:
+	case EM_XTENSA:
 		break;
 	}  /* end switch */