2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
index 794ff67c5701..b71bcd0bfbbf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/Kconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ config DRM_VMWGFX
           This is a KMS enabled DRM driver for the VMware SVGA2
           virtual hardware.
           The compiled module will be called "vmwgfx.ko".
+
+config DRM_VMWGFX_FBCON
+        depends on DRM_VMWGFX
+        bool "Enable framebuffer console under vmwgfx by default"
+        help
+           Choose this option if you are shipping a new vmwgfx
+           userspace driver that supports using the kernel driver.
+
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 4d9edead01ac..7f4f4eecf45a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static struct pci_device_id vmw_pci_id_list[] = {
         {0, 0, 0}
 };
 
-static int enable_fbdev;
+static int enable_fbdev = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX_FBCON);
 
 static int vmw_probe(struct pci_dev *, const struct pci_device_id *);
 static void vmw_master_init(struct vmw_master *);