diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/meson.build b/src/ipa/rkisp1/meson.build
index 6c6aa82f3b29..d7127ea8d1e9 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/meson.build
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/meson.build
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ if ipa_sign_module
                   input : mod,
                   output : ipa_name + '.so.sign',
                   command : [ ipa_sign, ipa_priv_key, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@' ],
-                  install : false)
+                  install : false,
+                  build_by_default : true)
 endif
diff --git a/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build b/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
index 253847e19d6b..22296a029642 100644
--- a/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
+++ b/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ if ipa_sign_module
                   input : mod,
                   output : ipa_name + '.so.sign',
                   command : [ ipa_sign, ipa_priv_key, '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@' ],
-                  install : false)
+                  install : false,
+                  build_by_default : true)
 endif
 
 subdir('data')