diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index a95dc907a139..d22b183db226 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ config ARM64_64K_PAGES
 	  look-up. AArch32 emulation is not available when this feature
 	  is enabled.
 
+config CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+       bool "Build big-endian kernel"
+       help
+         Say Y if you plan on running a kernel in big-endian mode.
+
 config SMP
 	bool "Symmetric Multi-Processing"
 	select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS