diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
index d33de0b9f4f5..e3569543bdac 100644
--- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
+++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ config HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	  An arch should select this symbol if it supports building with
 	  GCC plugins.
 
-config GCC_PLUGINS
-	bool
+menuconfig GCC_PLUGINS
+	bool "GCC plugins"
 	depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
 	depends on PLUGIN_HOSTCC != ""
 	default y
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ config GCC_PLUGINS
 
 	  See Documentation/core-api/gcc-plugins.rst for details.
 
-menu "GCC plugins"
-	depends on GCC_PLUGINS
+if GCC_PLUGINS
 
 config GCC_PLUGIN_CYC_COMPLEXITY
 	bool "Compute the cyclomatic complexity of a function" if EXPERT
@@ -113,4 +112,4 @@ config GCC_PLUGIN_ARM_SSP_PER_TASK
 	bool
 	depends on GCC_PLUGINS && ARM
 
-endmenu
+endif