diff --git a/sys/Kconfig b/sys/Kconfig
index f178642c04..fe8dd1a488 100644
--- a/sys/Kconfig
+++ b/sys/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ rsource "Kconfig.stdio"
 rsource "pm_layered/Kconfig"
 rsource "test_utils/Kconfig"
 rsource "usb/Kconfig"
+rsource "xtimer/Kconfig"
 
 config MODULE_SYS
     bool
diff --git a/sys/xtimer/Kconfig b/sys/xtimer/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a64973751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/xtimer/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020 HAW Hamburg
+#
+# This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+# General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+# directory for more details.
+#
+
+menuconfig MODULE_XTIMER
+    bool "xtimer"
+    select MODULE_PERIPH_TIMER if HAS_PERIPH_TIMER && !MODULE_XTIMER_ON_ZTIMER
+    depends on HAS_PERIPH_TIMER && !MODULE_XTIMER_ON_ZTIMER || MODULE_XTIMER_ON_ZTIMER
+    depends on TEST_KCONFIG
+    select MODULE_DIV if !MODULE_ZTIMER_XTIMER_COMPAT
+    help
+        Include xtimer module. xtimer requires a low-level timer implementation
+        that can be provided either by a peripheral timer or the ztimer module
+        when MODULE_XTIMER_ON_ZTIMER is enabled.
+
+config MODULE_AUTO_INIT_XTIMER
+    bool "Auto-init xtimer"
+    default y if MODULE_AUTO_INIT
+    depends on !MODULE_ZTIMER_XTIMER_COMPAT
+    depends on MODULE_XTIMER