diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 8e0d665c8d53..16e6acfe8711 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -870,6 +870,14 @@ config OLD_SIGACTION
 config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
 	bool
 
+config 64BIT_TIME
+	def_bool ARCH_HAS_64BIT_TIME
+	help
+	  This should be selected by all architectures that need to support
+	  new system calls with a 64-bit time_t. This is relevant on all 32-bit
+	  architectures, and 64-bit architectures as part of compat syscall
+	  handling.
+
 config ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP
 	bool