diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 817f4f0..3ceff25 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,23 @@ config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 
 	  This option is enabled by default for U-Boot.
 
+config DISTRO_DEFAULTS
+	bool "Select defaults suitable for booting general purpose Linux distributions"
+	default y if ARCH_SUNXI
+	default n
+	select CMD_BOOTZ
+	select CMD_DHCP
+	select CMD_EXT2
+	select CMD_EXT4
+	select CMD_FAT
+	select CMD_FS_GENERIC
+	select CMD_MII
+	select CMD_PING
+	select HUSH_PARSER
+	help
+	  Select this to enable various options and commands which are suitable
+	  for building u-boot for booting general purpose Linux distributions.
+
 config SYS_MALLOC_F
 	bool "Enable malloc() pool before relocation"
 	default y if DM
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index f48be96..e9d2fc9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -610,16 +610,8 @@ config TARGET_CM_T43
 
 config ARCH_SUNXI
 	bool "Support sunxi (Allwinner) SoCs"
-	select CMD_BOOTZ
-	select CMD_DHCP
-	select CMD_EXT2
-	select CMD_EXT4
-	select CMD_FAT
-	select CMD_FS_GENERIC
 	select CMD_GPIO
-	select CMD_MII
 	select CMD_MMC if MMC
-	select CMD_PING
 	select CMD_USB
 	select DM
 	select DM_ETH
@@ -627,7 +619,6 @@ config ARCH_SUNXI
 	select DM_KEYBOARD
 	select DM_SERIAL
 	select DM_USB
-	select HUSH_PARSER
 	select OF_BOARD_SETUP
 	select OF_CONTROL
 	select OF_SEPARATE
diff --git a/doc/README.distro b/doc/README.distro
index e1b7216..77d5c6d 100644
--- a/doc/README.distro
+++ b/doc/README.distro
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ U-Boot Implementation
 Enabling the distro options
 ---------------------------
 
+In your board's defconfig, enable the DISTRO_DEFAULTS option by adding
+a line with "CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y". If you want to enable this
+from Kconfig itself, for e.g. all boards using a specific SoC then
+add a "default y if ARCH_FOO" to the DISTRO_DEFAULTS section of
+the Kconfig file in the root of the u-boot sources.
+
 In your board configuration file, include the following:
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------