diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 1df430d531..84c64fcd90 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -198,15 +198,15 @@ config KERNEL_KPROBE_EVENTS
 
 config KERNEL_AIO
 	bool "Compile the kernel with asynchronous IO support"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 config KERNEL_FHANDLE
 	bool "Compile the kernel with support for fhandle syscalls"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 config KERNEL_FANOTIFY
 	bool "Compile the kernel with modern file notification support"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 config KERNEL_BLK_DEV_BSG
 	bool "Compile the kernel with SCSI generic v4 support for any block device"
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ config KERNEL_ENCRYPTED_KEYS
 
 config KERNEL_CGROUPS
 	bool "Enable kernel cgroups"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 	config KERNEL_CPUSETS
 		bool "Cpuset support"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		help
 		  This option will let you create and manage CPUSETs which
 		  allow dynamically partitioning a system into sets of CPUs and
@@ -373,14 +373,14 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 	config KERNEL_CGROUP_CPUACCT
 		bool "Simple CPU accounting cgroup subsystem"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		help
 		  Provides a simple Resource Controller for monitoring the
 		  total CPU consumed by the tasks in a cgroup.
 
 	config KERNEL_RESOURCE_COUNTERS
 		bool "Resource counters"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		help
 		  This option enables controller independent resource accounting
 		  infrastructure that works with cgroups.
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 	config KERNEL_MEMCG
 		bool "Memory Resource Controller for Control Groups"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		depends on KERNEL_RESOURCE_COUNTERS || !LINUX_3_18
 		help
 		  Provides a memory resource controller that manages both anonymous
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 	config KERNEL_MEMCG_KMEM
 		bool "Memory Resource Controller Kernel Memory accounting (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		depends on KERNEL_MEMCG
 		help
 		  The Kernel Memory extension for Memory Resource Controller can limit
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 	menuconfig KERNEL_CGROUP_SCHED
 		bool "Group CPU scheduler"
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		help
 		  This feature lets CPU scheduler recognize task groups and control CPU
 		  bandwidth allocation to such task groups. It uses cgroups to group
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 		config KERNEL_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 			bool "Group scheduling for SCHED_OTHER"
-			default n
+			default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 		config KERNEL_CFS_BANDWIDTH
 			bool "CPU bandwidth provisioning for FAIR_GROUP_SCHED"
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ if KERNEL_CGROUPS
 
 		config KERNEL_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 			bool "Group scheduling for SCHED_RR/FIFO"
-			default n
+			default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 			help
 			  This feature lets you explicitly allocate real CPU bandwidth
 			  to task groups. If enabled, it will also make it impossible to
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ endif
 
 config KERNEL_NAMESPACES
 	bool "Enable kernel namespaces"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 if KERNEL_NAMESPACES
 
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ endif
 
 config KERNEL_LXC_MISC
 	bool "Enable miscellaneous LXC related options"
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 if KERNEL_LXC_MISC
 
@@ -641,13 +641,13 @@ endif
 
 config KERNEL_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	bool
-	default n
+	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 
 config KERNEL_SECCOMP
 	bool "Enable seccomp support"
 		depends on !(TARGET_uml)
 		select KERNEL_SECCOMP_FILTER
-		default n
+		default y if !SMALL_FLASH
 		help
 		  Build kernel with support for seccomp.