diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 299f7f3..3754c9a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@
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 		     12 =>  4 KB
 
+config DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP
+	bool "Detect Soft Lockups"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	default y
+	help
+	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to detect "soft lockups",
+	  which are bugs that cause the kernel to loop in kernel
+	  mode for more than 10 seconds, without giving other tasks a
+	  chance to run.
+
+	  When a soft-lockup is detected, the kernel will print the
+	  current stack trace (which you should report), but the
+	  system will stay locked up. This feature has negligible
+	  overhead.
+
+	  (Note that "hard lockups" are separate type of bugs that
+	   can be detected via the NMI-watchdog, on platforms that
+	   support it.)
+
 config SCHEDSTATS
 	bool "Collect scheduler statistics"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PROC_FS