diff --git a/sys/Kconfig b/sys/Kconfig
index 3b3c1d2dbd..c7d03d12ed 100644
--- a/sys/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 menu "System"
 
 rsource "auto_init/Kconfig"
+rsource "benchmark/Kconfig"
 rsource "div/Kconfig"
 rsource "isrpipe/Kconfig"
 rsource "net/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sys/benchmark/Kconfig b/sys/benchmark/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..375ea98406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/benchmark/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 HAW Hamburg
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+#
+
+config MODULE_BENCHMARK
+    bool "Simple benchmarks support"
+    depends on MODULE_XTIMER
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG