diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
index 4da1914425e1f3580ebf7e84d4a81e0a3cbe5c50..f9d0c908e738c33f3a5fb7202e2ef7491dd90b8e 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ config VFIO_PCI_IGD
 	  To enable Intel IGD assignment through vfio-pci, say Y.
 endif
 
+config VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM
+	bool "VFIO PCI extensions for s390x KVM passthrough"
+	depends on S390 && KVM
+	default y
+	help
+	  Support s390x-specific extensions to enable support for enhancements
+	  to KVM passthrough capabilities, such as interpretive execution of
+	  zPCI instructions.
+
+	  To enable s390x KVM vfio-pci extensions, say Y.
+
 source "drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile b/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
index 7052ebd893e09854f9f355cf62a034cf0a18d4fc..24c524224da5a3cdfb4dd12ce47be8de03ce340a 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 vfio-pci-core-y := vfio_pci_core.o vfio_pci_intrs.o vfio_pci_rdwr.o vfio_pci_config.o
-vfio-pci-core-$(CONFIG_S390) += vfio_pci_zdev.o
+vfio-pci-core-$(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM) += vfio_pci_zdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_CORE) += vfio-pci-core.o
 
 vfio-pci-y := vfio_pci.o
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
index 23c176d4b073f1f342606f9b91314147b98dbd8a..63af2897939cc433d6bf7348abee64aada22682c 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static inline int vfio_pci_igd_init(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_S390
+#ifdef CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM
 extern int vfio_pci_info_zdev_add_caps(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
 				       struct vfio_info_cap *caps);
 #else