diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 29b0167..24945cee 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -888,6 +888,12 @@
 	  Modules only use ELF REL relocations.  Modules with ELF RELA
 	  relocations will give an error.
 
+config ARCH_WANTS_MODULES_DATA_IN_VMALLOC
+	bool
+	help
+	  For architectures like powerpc/32 which have constraints on module
+	  allocation and need to allocate module data outside of module area.
+
 config HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK
 	bool
 	help