diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/realtek-r8169.cfg b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/realtek-r8169.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..811d42a79bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto/realtek-r8169.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_R8169=y
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
index 5d68c7d56e2b..da1b172294e7 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:rock64 = "rock64"
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:soquartz = "soquartz"
 
 SRC_URI:append:rockchip = " file://rockchip-kmeta;type=kmeta;name=rockchip-kmeta;destsuffix=rockchip-kmeta"
+SRC_URI:append:nanopi-r4s = " file://realtek-r8169.cfg"