diff --git a/sys/Kconfig b/sys/Kconfig
index b46856da6d..3b3c1d2dbd 100644
--- a/sys/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/Kconfig
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ rsource "net/Kconfig"
 rsource "Kconfig.newlib"
 rsource "Kconfig.stdio"
 rsource "pm_layered/Kconfig"
+rsource "shell/Kconfig"
 rsource "test_utils/Kconfig"
-rsource "usb/Kconfig"
 rsource "tsrb/Kconfig"
+rsource "usb/Kconfig"
 rsource "xtimer/Kconfig"
 
 config MODULE_SYS
diff --git a/sys/shell/Kconfig b/sys/shell/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..454093dfd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/shell/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.
+#
+
+menuconfig MODULE_SHELL
+    bool "Shell interpreter"
+    select MODULE_STDIN
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG
+
+rsource "commands/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/Kconfig b/sys/shell/commands/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f64e8077bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# 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_SHELL_COMMANDS
+    bool "Basic shell commands"
+    depends on MODULE_SHELL