diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index cad9db1..3f73a17 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -105,3 +105,16 @@
 	 wakes up once a second and checks to see if any ftrace calls
 	 were made. If so, it runs stop_machine (stops all CPUS)
 	 and modifies the code to jump over the call to ftrace.
+
+config FTRACE_SELFTEST
+	bool
+
+config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
+	bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
+	depends on TRACING
+	select FTRACE_SELFTEST
+	help
+	  This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
+	  a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is
+	  functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured
+	  tracers of ftrace.