diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 17600ddc06..a16b62eb67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ config NETDEV_RSS
 	bool "Using hardware RSS (Receive Side Scaling) with network card"
 	default n
 	depends on SMP && NETDEV_IOCTL && NETDEV_WORK_THREAD
+	---help---
+		When the hardware supports RSS/aRFS function, provide the
+		hash value and CPU ID to the hardware driver.
 
 comment "General Ethernet MAC Driver Options"
 
diff --git a/net/netdev/CMakeLists.txt b/net/netdev/CMakeLists.txt
index d2b8cf8ccc..8f58adf176 100644
--- a/net/netdev/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/net/netdev/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ if(CONFIG_NETDEV_STATISTICS)
   list(APPEND SRCS netdev_stats.c)
 endif()
 
+if(CONFIG_NETDEV_RSS)
+  list(APPEND SRCS netdev_notify_recvcpu.c)
+endif()
+
 target_sources(net PRIVATE ${SRCS})