diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index c47b328eada0..ada51f36bd5d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ config ARCH_NO_COHERENT_DMA_MMAP
 config ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT
+	bool
+
 config CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	def_bool n
 
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index dc0b682ec2d9..fc020c09b7e8 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
 
 	  Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.
 
-config PREEMPT
+config PREEMPT_LL
 	bool "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)"
 	depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
-	select PREEMPT_COUNT
+	select PREEMPT
 	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 	help
 	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making
@@ -55,7 +55,28 @@ config PREEMPT
 	  embedded system with latency requirements in the milliseconds
 	  range.
 
+config PREEMPT_RT
+	bool "Fully Preemptible Kernel (Real-Time)"
+	depends on EXPERT && ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT
+	select PREEMPT
+	help
+	  This option turns the kernel into a real-time kernel by replacing
+	  various locking primitives (spinlocks, rwlocks, etc.) with
+	  preemptible priority-inheritance aware variants, enforcing
+	  interrupt threading and introducing mechanisms to break up long
+	  non-preemptible sections. This makes the kernel, except for very
+	  low level and critical code pathes (entry code, scheduler, low
+	  level interrupt handling) fully preemptible and brings most
+	  execution contexts under scheduler control.
+
+	  Select this if you are building a kernel for systems which
+	  require real-time guarantees.
+
 endchoice
 
 config PREEMPT_COUNT
        bool
+
+config PREEMPT
+       bool
+       select PREEMPT_COUNT