diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index b6de81927cc3e279403056adb5668a0a174df0a7..292b13ad03f505f25790f6fb43a8b9c8b822c3c6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ my $start_minconfig;
 my $start_minconfig_defined;
 my $output_minconfig;
 my $minconfig_type;
+my $use_output_minconfig;
 my $ignore_config;
 my $ignore_errors;
 my $addconfig;
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ my %option_map = (
     "OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG"		=> \$output_minconfig,
     "START_MIN_CONFIG"		=> \$start_minconfig,
     "MIN_CONFIG_TYPE"		=> \$minconfig_type,
+    "USE_OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG"	=> \$use_output_minconfig,
     "IGNORE_CONFIG"		=> \$ignore_config,
     "TEST"			=> \$run_test,
     "ADD_CONFIG"		=> \$addconfig,
@@ -3146,8 +3148,15 @@ sub make_min_config {
     # that instead.
     if (-f $output_minconfig && !$start_minconfig_defined) {
 	print "$output_minconfig exists\n";
-	if (read_yn " Use it as minconfig?") {
+	if (!defined($use_output_minconfig)) {
+	    if (read_yn " Use it as minconfig?") {
+		$start_minconfig = $output_minconfig;
+	    }
+	} elsif ($use_output_minconfig > 0) {
+	    doprint "Using $output_minconfig as MIN_CONFIG\n";
 	    $start_minconfig = $output_minconfig;
+	} else {
+	    doprint "Set to still use MIN_CONFIG as starting point\n";
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 1c1b7dc13430feb851d90cffb9014cf84f73df89..0e8191b6c5e38a82f4a849e68cece085ec3755b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1113,6 +1113,12 @@
 #   config that is generated allows network activity (ssh).
 #   (optional)
 #
+#  USE_OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG set this to 1 if you do not want to be prompted
+#   about using the OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG as the MIN_CONFIG as the starting
+#   point. Set it to 0 if you want to always just use the given MIN_CONFIG.
+#   If it is not defined, it will prompt you to pick which config
+#   to start with (MIN_CONFIG or OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG).
+#
 # Example:
 #
 #  TEST_TYPE = make_min_config