diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index 335d45e..9c4da1c 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 config SND_RAWMIDI
 	tristate
 
+# To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say:
+#    select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND
+# to avoid having to force INPUT on.
+config SND_JACK
+	bool
+
 config SND_SEQUENCER
 	tristate "Sequencer support"
 	select SND_TIMER