diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 8b8cd97cdff9..e3e65ae681c8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2749,6 +2749,22 @@ choice
 		  if you don't intend to always append a DTB.
 endchoice
 
+choice
+	prompt "Kernel command line type" if !CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+	default MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
+
+	config MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB
+		depends on USE_OF
+		bool "Dtb kernel arguments if available"
+
+	config MIPS_CMDLINE_DTB_EXTEND
+		depends on USE_OF
+		bool "Extend dtb kernel arguments with bootloader arguments"
+
+	config MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
+		bool "Bootloader kernel arguments if available"
+endchoice
+
 endmenu
 
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
index 5b46b672c939..6f142ee4a086 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/setup.c
@@ -617,6 +617,10 @@ static void __init request_crashkernel(struct resource *res)
 }
 #endif /* !defined(CONFIG_KEXEC)  */
 
+#define USE_PROM_CMDLINE	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER)
+#define USE_DTB_CMDLINE		IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIPS_CMDLINE_FROM_DTB)
+#define EXTEND_WITH_PROM	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIPS_CMDLINE_EXTEND)
+
 static void __init arch_mem_init(char **cmdline_p)
 {
 	struct memblock_region *reg;
@@ -641,18 +645,24 @@ static void __init arch_mem_init(char **cmdline_p)
 	pr_info("Determined physical RAM map:\n");
 	print_memory_map();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL) && defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_OVERRIDE)
 	strlcpy(boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 #else
-	if (builtin_cmdline[0]) {
-		strlcat(arcs_cmdline, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-		strlcat(arcs_cmdline, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	if ((USE_PROM_CMDLINE && arcs_cmdline[0]) ||
+	    (USE_DTB_CMDLINE && !boot_command_line[0]))
+		strlcpy(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+
+	if (EXTEND_WITH_PROM && arcs_cmdline[0]) {
+		strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+		strlcat(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	}
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL)
+	if (builtin_cmdline[0]) {
+		strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+		strlcat(boot_command_line, builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	}
-	strlcpy(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 #endif
-#else
-	strlcpy(boot_command_line, arcs_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 #endif
 	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);