diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig
index 32ce740..832cd69 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #
 # Physical Layer USB driver configuration
 #
-comment "USB Physical Layer drivers"
-	depends on USB || USB_GADGET
+menuconfig USB_PHY
+	tristate "USB Physical Layer drivers"
+	select USB_OTG_UTILS
+	help
+	  USB controllers (those which are host, device or DRD) need a
+	  device to handle the physical layer signalling, commonly called
+	  a PHY.
+
+	  The following drivers add support for such PHY devices.
+
+if USB_PHY
 
 config USB_OTG_UTILS
 	bool
@@ -10,8 +19,6 @@
 	  Select this to make sure the build includes objects from
 	  the OTG infrastructure directory.
 
-if USB || USB_GADGET
-
 #
 # USB Transceiver Drivers
 #
@@ -206,4 +213,4 @@
 	  Provides read/write operations to the ULPI phy register set for
 	  controllers with a viewport register (e.g. Chipidea/ARC controllers).
 
-endif # USB || OTG
+endif # USB_PHY
diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/Makefile b/drivers/usb/phy/Makefile
index 34488ce..d10a8b3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ccflags-$(CONFIG_USB_DEBUG) := -DDEBUG
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_OTG_UTILS)		+= phy.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_PHY)			+= phy.o
 
 # transceiver drivers, keep the list sorted