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diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 2c518fbc52ec..468ffc2df0e0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -415,3 +415,21 @@ config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
         def_bool y
         depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP2 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
+
+config X86_DS
+        bool "Debug Store support"
+        default y
+        help
+          Add support for Debug Store.
+          This allows the kernel to provide a memory buffer to the hardware
+          to store various profiling and tracing events.
+
+config X86_PTRACE_BTS
+        bool "ptrace interface to Branch Trace Store"
+        default y
+        depends on (X86_DS && X86_DEBUGCTLMSR)
+        help
+          Add a ptrace interface to allow collecting an execution trace
+          of the traced task.
+          This collects control flow changes in a (cyclic) buffer and allows
+          debuggers to fill in the gaps and show an execution trace of the debuggee.