diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index c6148166a7b4b0df1873ab55f299f148d9a8d6a9..4426e9687d89832e405c448eef7e41cb7a26d9ce 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -841,6 +841,16 @@ config REFCOUNT_FULL
 	  against various use-after-free conditions that can be used in
 	  security flaw exploits.
 
+config HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
+	bool
+	help
+	  May be selected by an architecture if it supports place-relative
+	  32-bit relocations, both in the toolchain and in the module loader,
+	  in which case relative references can be used in special sections
+	  for PCI fixup, initcalls etc which are only half the size on 64 bit
+	  architectures, and don't require runtime relocation on relocatable
+	  kernels.
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
 
 source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index d0a53cc6293a3d3c288ffc1f9809d90fe439cea2..29e75b47becd5a94c9e4cf7944e77a67cdca05d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS if COMPAT
+	select HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_STACKLEAK
 	select HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index a80669209155383343ba8adbb90b3e8427e2afdb..db0b6eebbfa5b55a6f7c4f55b1d489bcf158d974 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ config PPC
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS	if COMPAT
+	select HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
 	select HAVE_CBPF_JIT			if !PPC64
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b0312f8947cee149cc1cea4d5b4bb851499a7b86..512003f168895c231150f943d18db545e82e9f61 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS		if MMU
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS	if MMU && COMPAT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_COMPAT_MMAP_BASES	if MMU && COMPAT
+	select HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_THREAD_STRUCT_WHITELIST
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK