diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
index b5d88acbf99d..5ee88e5119c2 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 config HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN
 	bool
 
+config HAVE_KCSAN_COMPILER
+	def_bool CC_IS_CLANG && $(cc-option,-fsanitize=thread -mllvm -tsan-distinguish-volatile=1)
+	help
+	  For the list of compilers that support KCSAN, please see
+	  <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst>.
+
 config KCSAN_KCOV_BROKEN
 	def_bool KCOV && CC_HAS_SANCOV_TRACE_PC
 	depends on CC_IS_CLANG
@@ -15,7 +21,8 @@ config KCSAN_KCOV_BROKEN
 
 menuconfig KCSAN
 	bool "KCSAN: dynamic data race detector"
-	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && DEBUG_KERNEL && !KASAN
+	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && HAVE_KCSAN_COMPILER
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !KASAN
 	depends on !KCSAN_KCOV_BROKEN
 	select STACKTRACE
 	help