diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 1515f6f..b5f5a9f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1846,15 +1846,36 @@
 	  entering them here. As a minimum, you should specify the the
 	  root device (e.g. root=/dev/nfs).
 
+choice
+	prompt "Kernel command line type" if CMDLINE != ""
+	default CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
+	help
+	  Choose how the kernel will handle the provided default kernel
+	  command line string.
+
+config CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
+	bool "Use bootloader kernel arguments if available"
+	help
+	  Uses the command-line options passed by the boot loader. If
+	  the boot loader doesn't provide any, the default kernel command
+	  string provided in CMDLINE will be used.
+
+config CMDLINE_EXTEND
+	bool "Extend bootloader kernel arguments"
+	help
+	  The command-line arguments provided by the boot loader will be
+	  appended to the default kernel command string.
+
 config CMDLINE_FORCE
 	bool "Always use the default kernel command string"
-	depends on CMDLINE != ""
 	help
 	  Always use the default kernel command string, even if the boot
 	  loader passes other arguments to the kernel.
 	  This is useful if you cannot or don't want to change the
 	  command-line options your boot loader passes to the kernel.
 
+endchoice
+
 config EFI_STUB
 	bool