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diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index b0fabfa864ff..2651af48b2e5 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ config OPROFILE
 
           If unsure, say N.
 
+config OPROFILE_IBS
+        bool "OProfile AMD IBS support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+        default n
+        depends on OPROFILE && SMP && X86
+        help
+          Instruction-Based Sampling (IBS) is a new profiling
+          technique that provides rich, precise program performance
+          information. IBS is introduced by AMD Family10h processors
+          (AMD Opteron Quad-Core processor “Barcelona”) to overcome
+          the limitations of conventional performance counter
+          sampling.
+
+          If unsure, say N.
+
 config HAVE_OPROFILE
         def_bool n