1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 74d1e767f0b7..9fb91ce106bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1174,6 +1174,14 @@ config HIGHPTE
         depends on HIGHMEM
         depends on !OUTER_CACHE
 
+config HW_PERF_EVENTS
+        bool "Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events"
+        depends on PERF_EVENTS && CPU_HAS_PMU && CPU_V6
+        default y
+        help
+          Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events. If
+          disabled, perf events will use software events only.
+
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
 config LEDS