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diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 6b39ede3b1b..c9fdcd7e71e 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@ config NET_TCPPROBE
         To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
         module will be called tcp_probe.
 
+config NET_DROP_MONITOR
+        boolean "Network packet drop alerting service"
+        depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && TRACEPOINTS
+        ---help---
+        This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
+        event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
+        are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
+        process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
+        just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
+        drop statistics, say N here.
+
 endmenu
 
 endmenu