diff --git a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_config.py b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_config.py
index e75063d603b5..02ffc3a3e5dc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_config.py
+++ b/tools/testing/kunit/kunit_config.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import collections
 import re
 
 CONFIG_IS_NOT_SET_PATTERN = r'^# CONFIG_(\w+) is not set$'
-CONFIG_PATTERN = r'^CONFIG_(\w+)=(\S+)$'
+CONFIG_PATTERN = r'^CONFIG_(\w+)=(\S+|".*")$'
 
 KconfigEntryBase = collections.namedtuple('KconfigEntry', ['name', 'value'])