diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index cf3609193f0..2d48d74767d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ menu "Interrupt Configuration"
 #
 # Interrupt related configs
 #
+config DYNAMIC_INTERRUPTS
+	bool "Enable installation of IRQs at runtime"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Enable installation of interrupts at runtime, which will move some
+	  interrupt-related data structures to RAM instead of ROM, and
+	  on some architectures increase code size.
+
 config GEN_ISR_TABLES
 	bool "Use generated IRQ tables"
 	help
diff --git a/include/irq.h b/include/irq.h
index a919cb25d87..dd3cd163137 100644
--- a/include/irq.h
+++ b/include/irq.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #ifndef _ASMLANGUAGE
 #include <toolchain.h>
+#include <zephyr/types.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@@ -49,6 +50,31 @@ extern "C" {
 #define IRQ_CONNECT(irq_p, priority_p, isr_p, isr_param_p, flags_p) \
 	_ARCH_IRQ_CONNECT(irq_p, priority_p, isr_p, isr_param_p, flags_p)
 
+/**
+ * Configure a dynamic interrupt.
+ *
+ * Use this instead of IRQ_CONNECT() if arguments cannot be known at build time.
+ *
+ * @param irq IRQ line number
+ * @param priority Interrupt priority
+ * @param routine Interrupt service routine
+ * @param parameter ISR parameter
+ * @param flags Arch-specific IRQ configuration flags
+ *
+ * @return The vector assigned to this interrupt
+ */
+extern int _arch_irq_connect_dynamic(unsigned int irq, unsigned int priority,
+			     void (*routine)(void *parameter), void *parameter,
+			     u32_t flags);
+
+static inline int
+irq_connect_dynamic(unsigned int irq, unsigned int priority,
+		    void (*routine)(void *parameter), void *parameter,
+		    u32_t flags)
+{
+	return _arch_irq_connect_dynamic(irq, priority, routine, parameter, flags);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Initialize a 'direct' interrupt handler.
  *