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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 25131a5d5e4f..4fee43c01942 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -302,6 +302,29 @@ config WORKQUEUE_TRACER
           For example it can help a developer to decide whether he should
           choose a per cpu workqueue instead of a singlethreaded one.
 
+config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
+        bool "Support for tracing block io actions"
+        depends on SYSFS
+        select RELAY
+        select DEBUG_FS
+        select TRACEPOINTS
+        select TRACING
+        select STACKTRACE
+        help
+          Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
+          on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
+          on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace
+          support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from:
+
+          git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git
+
+          Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.:
+
+            echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable
+            echo blk > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer
+            cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
+
+          If unsure, say N.
 
 config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
         bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"