diff --git a/sys/Kconfig.stdio b/sys/Kconfig.stdio
index bd55e3078e..75d01ae825 100644
--- a/sys/Kconfig.stdio
+++ b/sys/Kconfig.stdio
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 menu "Standard Input/Output (STDIO)"
     depends on TEST_KCONFIG
 
+config FORCE_USB_STDIO
+    bool "Force a USB based STDIO"
+    depends on HAS_PERIPH_USBDEV || HAS_TINYUSB_DEVICE
+    select KCONFIG_USB
+    select REQUIRES_USB_STDIO
+    help
+        To prevent a circular dependency, can force the USB modules to that
+        STDIO will select some sort of USB based STDIO backend.
+
 choice STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION
     bool "STDIO implementation"
     default MODULE_STDIO_NATIVE if CPU_ARCH_NATIVE
@@ -85,4 +94,9 @@ config USE_STDOUT_BUFFERED
     help
         Select this to prefer buffered standard output if provided by the implementation.
 
+config REQUIRES_USB_STDIO
+    bool
+    help
+        Indicates that the STDIO requires some USB implementation to be enabled.
+
 endmenu # Standard Input/Output (STDIO)