diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 1f8d84e4e77..3310579304d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_COHERENCE
 	  arch_mem_coherent() API and can link into incoherent/cached
 	  memory using the ".cached" linker section.
 
+config ARCH_HAS_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+	bool
+
 #
 # Other architecture related options
 #
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig b/kernel/Kconfig
index c45bdaa8438..b394f8ab951 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig
@@ -853,4 +853,10 @@ config TICKLESS_KERNEL
 	  This option enables a fully event driven kernel. Periodic system
 	  clock interrupt generation would be stopped at all times.
 
+config THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+	bool "Thread Local Storage (TLS)"
+	depends on ARCH_HAS_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+	help
+	  This option enables thread local storage (TLS) support in kernel.
+
 endmenu