diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index fc20cfc471d0100d7635a65aff809d3fe63a5bc6..aa8dcfc279034e0bb936ea7352cac27fe928e349 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ config ARCH_S3C24XX
 	select MULTI_IRQ_HANDLER
 	select NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
 	select NEED_MACH_IO_H
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	help
 	  Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440, S3C2442, S3C2443
 	  and S3C2450 SoCs based systems, such as the Simtec Electronics BAST
@@ -726,6 +727,7 @@ config ARCH_S3C64XX
 	select PLAT_SAMSUNG
 	select S3C_DEV_NAND
 	select S3C_GPIO_TRACK
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	select SAMSUNG_CLKSRC
 	select SAMSUNG_GPIOLIB_4BIT
 	select SAMSUNG_IRQ_VIC_TIMER
@@ -744,6 +746,7 @@ config ARCH_S5P64X0
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	help
 	  Samsung S5P64X0 CPU based systems, such as the Samsung SMDK6440,
 	  SMDK6450.
@@ -760,6 +763,7 @@ config ARCH_S5PC100
 	select HAVE_S3C2410_WATCHDOG if WATCHDOG
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	help
 	  Samsung S5PC100 series based systems
 
@@ -778,6 +782,7 @@ config ARCH_S5PV210
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	help
 	  Samsung S5PV210/S5PC110 series based systems
 
@@ -796,6 +801,7 @@ config ARCH_EXYNOS
 	select HAVE_S3C_RTC if RTC_CLASS
 	select NEED_MACH_GPIO_H
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
+	select SAMSUNG_ATAGS
 	select USE_OF
 	help
 	  Support for SAMSUNG's EXYNOS SoCs (EXYNOS4/5)
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
index f8ed2de0a6783cfe498577b3cab7de531b192761..c0f0542e6dfc625eb4164ff1d6208532518af1b3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ config S3C_LOWLEVEL_UART_PORT
 	  this configuration should be between zero and two. The port
 	  must have been initialised by the boot-loader before use.
 
+config SAMSUNG_ATAGS
+	def_bool n
+	depends on !ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
+	depends on ATAGS
+	help
+	   This option enables ATAGS based boot support code for
+	   Samsung platforms, including static platform devices, legacy
+	   clock, timer and interrupt initialization, etc.
+
+	   Platforms that support only DT based boot need not to select
+	   this option.
+
+if SAMSUNG_ATAGS
+
 # timer options
 
 config SAMSUNG_HRT
@@ -367,11 +381,6 @@ config S5P_DEV_JPEG
 	help
 	  Compile in platform device definitions for JPEG codec
 
-config S5P_DEV_MFC
-	bool
-	help
-	  Compile in setup memory (init) code for MFC
-
 config S5P_DEV_ONENAND
 	bool
 	help
@@ -412,6 +421,8 @@ config S3C_DMA
 	help
 	  Internal configuration for S3C DMA core
 
+endif
+
 config SAMSUNG_DMADEV
 	bool
 	select ARM_AMBA
@@ -421,6 +432,11 @@ config SAMSUNG_DMADEV
 	help
 	  Use DMA device engine for PL330 DMAC.
 
+config S5P_DEV_MFC
+	bool
+	help
+	  Compile in setup memory (init) code for MFC
+
 comment "Power management"
 
 config SAMSUNG_PM_DEBUG
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
index a23c460299a19bc003dd73003aa5e1e04605a24f..b549ea9cfe0946c74993c7d72051fc6a7ffc33c3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_ADC)	+= adc.o
 
 # devices
 
-obj-y				+= platformdata.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMSUNG_ATAGS)	+= platformdata.o
 
-obj-y				+= devs.o
-obj-y				+= dev-uart.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMSUNG_ATAGS)	+= devs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SAMSUNG_ATAGS)	+= dev-uart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S5P_DEV_MFC)	+= s5p-dev-mfc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S5P_DEV_UART)	+= s5p-dev-uart.o