diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24917145058da9226841029ed4b410587a0d4376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#
+# General architecture dependent options
+#
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index dcc96a8c8c697451412d811a759b0a3683c265f8..8de6c48cfde03aa50cac8f8a5efa5405bb614044 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -665,6 +665,8 @@ config SLOB
 
 endchoice
 
+source "arch/Kconfig"
+
 endmenu		# General setup
 
 config SLABINFO