diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/Kconfig
index 6885ff3..63bc838 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/gm45/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 	select INTEL_GMA_ACPI
 	select INTEL_GMA_SSC_ALTERNATE_REF
 	select RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE
+	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select HAVE_VGA_TEXT_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 
 config CBFS_SIZE
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
index 8492d77..482f98a 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/i945/Kconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
 	default "8086,27a2" if NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_SUBTYPE_I945GM
 	default "8086,2772" if NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_SUBTYPE_I945GC
 
+config I945_LVDS
+	def_bool n
+	select MAINBOARD_HAS_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
+	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
+	help
+	  Selected by mainboards that use native graphics initialization
+	  for the LVDS port. A linear framebuffer is only supported for
+	  LVDS.
+
 config CHANNEL_XOR_RANDOMIZATION
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
index ca4128a..4fdd2bd 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/nehalem/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	select INTEL_GMA_ACPI
 	select NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_COMMON_MRC_CACHE
 	select ACPI_HUGE_LOWMEM_BACKUP
+	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select HAVE_VGA_TEXT_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 
 if NORTHBRIDGE_INTEL_NEHALEM
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Kconfig
index 07d1815..ad1ceae 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/sandybridge/Kconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 config MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select VGA
 	select INTEL_EDID
+	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER
 	select HAVE_VGA_TEXT_FRAMEBUFFER
 
 config MRC_CACHE_SIZE
diff --git a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
index aef21b5..5517d97 100644
--- a/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
+++ b/src/northbridge/intel/x4x/Kconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	select VGA
 	select INTEL_GMA_ACPI
 	select RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE
+	select HAVE_LINEAR_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 	select HAVE_VGA_TEXT_FRAMEBUFFER if MAINBOARD_DO_NATIVE_VGA_INIT
 
 config CBFS_SIZE