diff --git a/sys/include/net/gnrc/pktdump.h b/sys/include/net/gnrc/pktdump.h
index e891a41bd8..4448dbee06 100644
--- a/sys/include/net/gnrc/pktdump.h
+++ b/sys/include/net/gnrc/pktdump.h
@@ -33,13 +33,25 @@ extern "C" {
  * @ingroup net_gnrc_conf
  * @{
  */
+/**
+ * @brief   Default message queue size for the PKTDUMP thread (as exponent of
+ *          2^n).
+ *
+ *          As the queue size ALWAYS needs to be power of two, this option
+ *          represents the exponent of 2^n, which will be used as the size of
+ *          the queue.
+ */
+#ifndef CONFIG_GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE_EXP
+#define CONFIG_GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE_EXP  3
+#endif
+/** @} */
+
 /**
  * @brief   Message queue size for the pktdump thread
  */
 #ifndef GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE
-#define GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE     (8U)
+#define GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE  (1 << CONFIG_GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE_EXP)
 #endif
-/** @} */
 
 /**
  * @brief   Priority of the pktdump thread
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/Kconfig b/sys/net/gnrc/Kconfig
index 776607ac57..34d4981597 100644
--- a/sys/net/gnrc/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rsource "link_layer/lorawan/Kconfig"
 rsource "netif/Kconfig"
 rsource "network_layer/ipv6/Kconfig"
 rsource "network_layer/sixlowpan/Kconfig"
+rsource "pktdump/Kconfig"
 rsource "routing/rpl/Kconfig"
 rsource "transport_layer/tcp/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/sys/net/gnrc/pktdump/Kconfig b/sys/net/gnrc/pktdump/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9086ea3354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/net/gnrc/pktdump/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Freie Universitaet Berlin
+#
+# 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.
+#
+menuconfig KCONFIG_MODULE_GNRC_PKTDUMP
+    bool "Configure GNRC Packet Dump"
+    depends on MODULE_GNRC_PKTDUMP
+    help
+        Configure the GNRC_PKTDUMP using Kconfig.
+
+if KCONFIG_MODULE_GNRC_PKTDUMP
+
+config GNRC_PKTDUMP_MSG_QUEUE_SIZE_EXP
+    int "Exponent for the queue size (resulting in the queue size 2^n)"
+    default 3
+    help
+        As the queue size ALWAYS needs to be power of two, this option
+        represents the exponent of 2^n, which will be used as the size of
+        the queue.
+
+endif # KCONFIG_MODULE_GNRC_PKTDUMP