diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
index 43dc279..f437cd1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig.debug
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@
 
 	  Normally, you will choose 'N' here.
 
+config DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+	bool "Check for stack overflows"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  This option will cause messages to be printed if free stack space
+	  drops below a certain limit(2GB on MIPS). The debugging option
+	  provides another way to check stack overflow happened on kernel mode
+	  stack usually caused by nested interruption.
+
 config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 	bool "Enable stack utilization instrumentation"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL