diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 2a9848e..a706779 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1887,6 +1887,7 @@
 	bool "Use all TCs on all VPEs for SMP (DEPRECATED)"
 	depends on CPU_MIPS32_R2
 	depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING
+	depends on !MIPS_CPS
 	select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI
 	select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI
 	select MIPS_MT
@@ -2003,6 +2004,23 @@
 	help
 	  Enable Coherency Manager processor (CMP) support.
 
+config MIPS_CPS
+	bool "MIPS Coherent Processing System support"
+	depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MIPS_CPS
+	select MIPS_CM
+	select MIPS_CPC
+	select MIPS_GIC_IPI
+	select SMP
+	select SYNC_R4K if (CEVT_R4K || CSRC_R4K)
+	select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
+	select WEAK_ORDERING
+	help
+	  Select this if you wish to run an SMP kernel across multiple cores
+	  within a MIPS Coherent Processing System. When this option is
+	  enabled the kernel will probe for other cores and boot them with
+	  no external assistance. It is safe to enable this when hardware
+	  support is unavailable.
+
 config MIPS_GIC_IPI
 	bool
 
@@ -2191,6 +2209,9 @@
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_MIPS_CMP
 	bool
 
+config SYS_SUPPORTS_MIPS_CPS
+	bool
+
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
 	bool