diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
index e58b882..6f6fa8d 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Kconfig
@@ -552,6 +552,18 @@
 	  directly boot from network.
 endmenu
 
+config BOOTEFI_HELLO_COMPILE
+	bool "Compile a standard EFI hello world binary for testing"
+	default y
+	help
+	  This compiles a standard EFI hello world application with U-Boot so
+	  that it can be used with the test/py testing framework. This is useful
+	  for testing that EFI is working at a basic level, and for bringing
+	  up EFI support on a new architecture.
+
+	  No additional space will be required in the resulting U-Boot binary
+	  when this option is enabled.
+
 endif
 
 source "lib/efi/Kconfig"
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
index 2af6f20..27dbd9e 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 targets += boothart.o
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_HELLO_COMPILE),)
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_BOOTEFI_HELLO_COMPILE),)
 always += helloworld.efi
 targets += helloworld.o
 endif