diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig
index 70f27e89012b..c7d2fd67799e 100644
--- a/kernel/time/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,29 @@ config NO_HZ_FULL_ALL
 	 Note the boot CPU will still be kept outside the range to
 	 handle the timekeeping duty.
 
+config NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE
+	bool "Detect full-system idle state for full dynticks system"
+	depends on NO_HZ_FULL
+	default n
+	help
+	 At least one CPU must keep the scheduling-clock tick running for
+	 timekeeping purposes whenever there is a non-idle CPU, where
+	 "non-idle" also includes dynticks CPUs as long as they are
+	 running non-idle tasks.  Because the underlying adaptive-tick
+	 support cannot distinguish between all CPUs being idle and
+	 all CPUs each running a single task in dynticks mode, the
+	 underlying support simply ensures that there is always a CPU
+	 handling the scheduling-clock tick, whether or not all CPUs
+	 are idle.  This Kconfig option enables scalable detection of
+	 the all-CPUs-idle state, thus allowing the scheduling-clock
+	 tick to be disabled when all CPUs are idle.  Note that scalable
+	 detection of the all-CPUs-idle state means that larger systems
+	 will be slower to declare the all-CPUs-idle state.
+
+	 Say Y if you would like to help debug all-CPUs-idle detection.
+
+	 Say N if you are unsure.
+
 config NO_HZ
 	bool "Old Idle dynticks config"
 	depends on !ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET && GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS