diff --git a/sys/Kconfig b/sys/Kconfig
index 1061033bc4..9030fe7f35 100644
--- a/sys/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ rsource "net/Kconfig"
 rsource "Kconfig.newlib"
 rsource "Kconfig.stdio"
 rsource "od/Kconfig"
+rsource "phydat/Kconfig"
 rsource "pm_layered/Kconfig"
 rsource "schedstatistics/Kconfig"
 rsource "shell/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sys/phydat/Kconfig b/sys/phydat/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f754bd3c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/phydat/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# 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_PHYDAT
+    bool "Phydat"
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG
+    select MODULE_FMT
+    help
+        Generic data container for physical data and utility functions.