diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 6b39ede..c9fdcd7 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -222,6 +222,17 @@
 	To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the
 	module will be called tcp_probe.
 
+config NET_DROP_MONITOR
+	boolean "Network packet drop alerting service"
+	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL && TRACEPOINTS
+	---help---
+	This feature provides an alerting service to userspace in the
+	event that packets are discarded in the network stack.  Alerts
+	are broadcast via netlink socket to any listening user space
+	process.  If you don't need network drop alerts, or if you are ok
+	just checking the various proc files and other utilities for
+	drop statistics, say N here.
+
 endmenu
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index d47092b..796f46e 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR) += drop_monitor.o