1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index 640c6fe4d644..608d7fdb13e8 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ config options command ...
 commands:
         --enable|-e option   Enable option
         --disable|-d option  Disable option
-        --module|-m option      Turn option into a module
-        --state|-s option       Print state of option (n,y,m,undef)
+        --module|-m option   Turn option into a module
+        --set-str option value
+                             Set option to "value"
+        --state|-s option    Print state of option (n,y,m,undef)
 
         --enable-after|-E beforeopt option
                              Enable option directly after other option
@@ -102,6 +104,11 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
                 set_var "CONFIG_$ARG" "CONFIG_$ARG=m"
                 ;;
 
+        --set-str)
+                set_var "CONFIG_$ARG" "CONFIG_$ARG=\"$1\""
+                shift
+                ;;
+
         --state|-s)
                 if grep -q "# CONFIG_$ARG is not set" $FN ; then
                         echo n