diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 8c4c1cb0f9cd..af31bb3d62da 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
 # see Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.
 #
-mainmenu "Linux/$ARCH $KERNELVERSION Kernel Configuration"
+mainmenu "Linux/$ARCH $VERSION.$PATCHLEVEL Kernel Configuration"
 
 config SRCARCH
 	string
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6c14e5499fb9..16ccb418ca32 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ config ARCH
 	string
 	option env="ARCH"
 
+config VERSION
+	string
+	option env="VERSION"
+
+config PATCHLEVEL
+	string
+	option env="PATCHLEVEL"
+
 config KERNELVERSION
 	string
 	option env="KERNELVERSION"