diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
index ad7747ebfc..64f9e1fd4e 100644
--- a/common/spl/Kconfig
+++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
@@ -718,6 +718,14 @@ config TPL_BOOTROM_SUPPORT
 	  BOOT_DEVICE_BOOTROM (or fall-through to the next boot device in the
 	  boot device list, if not implemented for a given board)
 
+config TPL_DRIVERS_MISC_SUPPORT
+	bool "Support misc drivers in TPL"
+	help
+	  Enable miscellaneous drivers in TPL. These drivers perform various
+	  tasks that don't fall nicely into other categories, Enable this
+	  option to build the drivers in drivers/misc as part of an TPL
+	  build, for those that support building in TPL (not all drivers do).
+
 config TPL_ENV_SUPPORT
 	bool "Support an environment"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 2ffe28385f..488ca922aa 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -4909,7 +4909,6 @@ CONFIG_TI_KEYSTONE_SERDES
 CONFIG_TI_KSNAV
 CONFIG_TI_SPI_MMAP
 CONFIG_TMU_TIMER
-CONFIG_TPL_DRIVERS_MISC_SUPPORT
 CONFIG_TPL_LDSCRIPT
 CONFIG_TPL_MAX_SIZE
 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO