diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 8040fb1845b4..46938847e794 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -3117,6 +3117,7 @@ config MIPS32_N32
 config BINFMT_ELF32
 	bool
 	default y if MIPS32_O32 || MIPS32_N32
+	select ELFCORE
 
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 2d0cbbd14cfc..72c03354c14b 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BINFMT_ELF
 	bool "Kernel support for ELF binaries"
 	depends on MMU && (BROKEN || !FRV)
+	select ELFCORE
 	default y
 	---help---
 	  ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) is a format for libraries and
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF
 config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
 	bool
 	depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF
+	select ELFCORE
 
 config ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE
 	bool
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries"
 	default y
 	depends on (FRV || BLACKFIN || (SUPERH32 && !MMU) || C6X)
+	select ELFCORE
 	help
 	  ELF FDPIC binaries are based on ELF, but allow the individual load
 	  segments of a binary to be located in memory independently of each
@@ -43,6 +46,11 @@ config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 
 	  It is also possible to run FDPIC ELF binaries on MMU linux also.
 
+config ELFCORE
+	bool
+	help
+	  This option enables kernel/elfcore.o.
+
 config CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS
 	bool "Write ELF core dumps with partial segments"
 	default y
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index f0c40bf49d9f..e2ec54e2b952 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT) += delayacct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TASKSTATS) += taskstats.o tsacct.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += tracepoint.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LATENCYTOP) += latencytop.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF) += elfcore.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF) += elfcore.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC) += elfcore.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ELFCORE) += elfcore.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_CLOCK) += trace/