diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index a1c18d2..8fc9187 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -736,6 +736,15 @@
 	  slave) interrupt controllers. Include this to have U-Boot set up
 	  the interrupt correctly.
 
+config APIC
+	bool
+	default y
+	help
+	  The (A)dvanced (P)rogrammable (I)nterrupt (C)ontroller is responsible
+	  for catching interrupts and distributing them to one or more CPU
+	  cores. In most cases there are some LAPICs (local) for each core and
+	  one I/O APIC. This conjunction is found on most modern x86 systems.
+
 config PINCTRL_ICH6
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
index f862d8c..54668aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_QUARK) += quark/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_QUEENSBAY) += queensbay/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TANGIER) += tangier/
-obj-y += lapic.o ioapic.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_APIC) += lapic.o ioapic.o
 obj-y += irq.o
 ifndef CONFIG_$(SPL_)X86_64
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += mp_init.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/i386/interrupt.c b/arch/x86/cpu/i386/interrupt.c
index ed8423e..1ea415b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/i386/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/i386/interrupt.c
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@
 	i8259_init();
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_APIC
 	lapic_setup();
+#endif
 
 	/* Initialize core interrupt and exception functionality of CPU */
 	cpu_init_interrupts();