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diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 8ff1c6fb5aa1..d588ca874bb4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -773,6 +773,18 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
           PHYSICAL_START.
           For more details see Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt
 
+config RELOCATABLE
+        bool "Build a relocatable kernel"
+        help
+          This build a kernel image that retains relocation information
+          so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
+          The relocations tend to the kernel binary about 10% larger,
+          but are discarded at runtime.
+
+          One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
+          must live at a different physical address than the primary
+          kernel.
+
 config PHYSICAL_START
         hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if (EMBEDDED || CRASH_DUMP)