diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1f3fa15..2ebd577 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1495,6 +1495,7 @@
 source "board/cavium/thunderx/Kconfig"
 source "board/cirrus/edb93xx/Kconfig"
 source "board/eets/pdu001/Kconfig"
+source "board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig"
 source "board/freescale/ls2080a/Kconfig"
 source "board/freescale/ls2080aqds/Kconfig"
 source "board/freescale/ls2080ardb/Kconfig"
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1c08c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+if TARGET_QEMU_ARM_32BIT || TARGET_QEMU_ARM_64BIT
+
+config SYS_TEXT_BASE
+	default 0x00000000
+
+config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
+	def_bool y
+
+endif
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
index e9e2819..f4502c9 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm64_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_SMCCC=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_QEMU=y
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x00000000
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_ARM_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_AHCI=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
diff --git a/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig b/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
index 04c9afd..acebdc5 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_arm_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARM_SMCCC=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_QEMU=y
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x00000000
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_ARM_32BIT=y
 CONFIG_AHCI=y
 CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y