diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
index b248870a98061..6a6b412206ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
@@ -219,3 +219,14 @@ config EFI_EARLYCON
 	depends on SERIAL_EARLYCON && !ARM && !IA64
 	select FONT_SUPPORT
 	select ARCH_USE_MEMREMAP_PROT
+
+config EFI_CUSTOM_SSDT_OVERLAYS
+	bool "Load custom ACPI SSDT overlay from an EFI variable"
+	depends on EFI_VARS && ACPI
+	default ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE
+	help
+	  Allow loading of an ACPI SSDT overlay from an EFI variable specified
+	  by a kernel command line option.
+
+	  See Documentation/admin-guide/acpi/ssdt-overlays.rst for more
+	  information.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index e3861d267d9aa..c1167ef5d2b35 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void generic_ops_unregister(void)
 	efivars_unregister(&generic_efivars);
 }
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI)
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_CUSTOM_SSDT_OVERLAYS
 #define EFIVAR_SSDT_NAME_MAX	16
 static char efivar_ssdt[EFIVAR_SSDT_NAME_MAX] __initdata;
 static int __init efivar_ssdt_setup(char *str)