diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 8fa8dea..4b7b452 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 menu "Generic Driver Options"
 
-config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
-	string "path to uevent helper"
-	default ""
+config UEVENT_HELPER
+	bool "Support for uevent helper"
+	default y
 	help
-	  Path to uevent helper program forked by the kernel for
+	  The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
 	  every uevent.
 	  Before the switch to the netlink-based uevent source, this was
 	  used to hook hotplug scripts into kernel device events. It
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@
 	  that it creates a high system load, or on smaller systems
 	  it is known to create out-of-memory situations during bootup.
 
-	  To disable user space helper program execution at early boot
-	  time specify an empty string here. This setting can be altered
+config UEVENT_HELPER_PATH
+	string "path to uevent helper"
+	depends on UEVENT_HELPER
+	default ""
+	help
+	  To disable user space helper program execution at by default
+	  specify an empty string here. This setting can still be altered
 	  via /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug or via /sys/kernel/uevent_helper
 	  later at runtime.