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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 7cdcb962358c..6a6ea4219d1e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -305,14 +305,23 @@ config DEBUG_FS
If unsure, say N.
+config HEADERS_INSTALL
+ bool "Install uapi headers to usr/include"
+ depends on !UML
+ help
+ This option will install uapi headers (headers exported to user-space)
+ into the usr/include directory for use during the kernel build.
+ This is unneeded for building the kernel itself, but needed for some
+ user-space program samples. It is also needed by some features such
+ as uapi header sanity checks.
+
config HEADERS_CHECK
bool "Run sanity checks on uapi headers when building 'all'"
- depends on !UML
+ depends on HEADERS_INSTALL
help
- This option will extract the user-visible kernel headers when
- building the 'all' target, and will run basic sanity checks on them to
- ensure that exported files do not attempt to include files which
- were not exported, etc.
+ This option will run basic sanity checks on uapi headers when
+ building the 'all' target, for example, ensure that they do not
+ attempt to include files which were not exported, etc.
If you're making modifications to header files which are
relevant for userspace, say 'Y', and check the headers