diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 8c55134455..a8590902b6 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ mainmenu "RIOT Configuration"
 # For now, get used modules as macros from this file (see kconfig.mk)
 osource "$(KCONFIG_GENERATED_DEPENDENCIES)"
 
+rsource "sys/Kconfig"
+
 # The application may declare new symbols as well
 osource "$(APPDIR)/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/sys/Kconfig b/sys/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c43a988723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 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.
+#
+menu "System"
+
+endmenu # System