diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e6ab090cfbf3a708eb202927df02e8e3057407c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION=y
+CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/config b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c8137f70e2913146acb5417145ceb3cf63246fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ef8214661612f892070a3eaa788779e11235c600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_FTRACE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/config b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0702447109f5662cdc8c98fddcfd0aa5ae08302d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_EXPERT=y
+CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2fde30191a47e6251c4fc6477548d70a394269e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
+CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE=y
+CONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION=y
+CONFIG_MEMORY_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mount/config b/tools/testing/selftests/mount/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5d881e48548b76bf27f31be17c1a6deceb8afdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mount/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
+CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e57b4ac40e72e0502dff75ea1d80c543280428eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+CONFIG_USER_NS=y
+CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL=y
+CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6a8e5a9bfc1065a3e860cd5b31e7aea2d508bea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE_PMSG=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/config b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db1e11b08c8a49f32bee2a9ff80ef33adc5ccaea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
+CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/static_keys/config b/tools/testing/selftests/static_keys/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d538fb774b963da39899524a6258f68dc5178e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/static_keys/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_TEST_STATIC_KEYS=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/user/config b/tools/testing/selftests/user/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..784ed8416324dc68705882ea64c7a6854c614a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/user/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/config b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..698c7ed28a26719878b28131c7070adee2ff26fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_USERFAULTFD=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/config b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0cc47e2c7e22c835b919beef64d1f4d99c7c7a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CONFIG_ZSMALLOC=y
+CONFIG_ZRAM=m