diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index 5169a99..25535eb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 # GPIO infrastructure and drivers
 #
 
+config ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H
+	bool
+	help
+	  Selecting this config option from the architecture Kconfig allows
+	  the architecture to provide a custom asm/gpio.h implementation
+	  overriding the default implementations.  New uses of this are
+	  strongly discouraged.
+
 config ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
 	bool
 	help