diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 377f6dd..9678364 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -11,4 +11,16 @@
 	  your machine, or if you want to have a raid or loopback device
 	  bigger than 2TB.  Otherwise say N.
 
+config BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
+	bool "Support for tracing block io actions"
+	select RELAY
+	select DEBUG_FS
+	help
+	  Say Y here, if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions
+	  on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening
+	  on a block device queue. For more information (and the user space
+	  support tools needed), fetch the blktrace app from:
+
+	  git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/blktrace.git
+
 source block/Kconfig.iosched