diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
index 9355c525fbe0..91339efdcb54 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ To remove the config from the image, you can use -d option as below::
 
 Then add "bootconfig" on the normal kernel command line to tell the
 kernel to look for the bootconfig at the end of the initrd file.
+Alternatively, build your kernel with the ``CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE``
+Kconfig option selected.
 
 Embedding a Boot Config into Kernel
 -----------------------------------
@@ -217,7 +219,9 @@ path to the bootconfig file from source tree or object tree.
 The kernel will embed it as the default bootconfig.
 
 Just as when attaching the bootconfig to the initrd, you need ``bootconfig``
-option on the kernel command line to enable the embedded bootconfig.
+option on the kernel command line to enable the embedded bootconfig, or,
+alternatively, build your kernel with the ``CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE``
+Kconfig option selected.
 
 Note that even if you set this option, you can override the embedded
 bootconfig by another bootconfig which attached to the initrd.
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 44e90b28a30f..04f0c5bb9e15 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1380,6 +1380,18 @@ config BOOT_CONFIG
 
 	  If unsure, say Y.
 
+config BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE
+	bool "Force unconditional bootconfig processing"
+	depends on BOOT_CONFIG
+	help
+	  With this Kconfig option set, BOOT_CONFIG processing is carried
+	  out even when the "bootconfig" kernel-boot parameter is omitted.
+	  In fact, with this Kconfig option set, there is no way to
+	  make the kernel ignore the BOOT_CONFIG-supplied kernel-boot
+	  parameters.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED
 	bool "Embed bootconfig file in the kernel"
 	depends on BOOT_CONFIG
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e1c3911d7c70..669cb892e6c1 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static char *extra_init_args;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG
 /* Is bootconfig on command line? */
-static bool bootconfig_found;
+static bool bootconfig_found = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG_FORCE);
 static size_t initargs_offs;
 #else
 # define bootconfig_found false