diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 028aba9..d5a86aa 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@
 	  kernel tree does. Such modules that use library CRC32 functions
 	  require M here.
 
+config CRC32_SELFTEST
+	bool "CRC32 perform self test on init"
+	default n
+	depends on CRC32
+	help
+	  This option enables the CRC32 library functions to perform a
+	  self test on initialization. The self test computes crc32_le
+	  and crc32_be over byte strings with random alignment and length
+	  and computes the total elapsed time and number of bytes processed.
+
 config CRC7
 	tristate "CRC7 functions"
 	help