diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 8d0314dbd946c99141d0870542376c367bbf35cb..5b95796942dbb9fd2620e62b8a132a8ebbe255d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ source "drivers/net/phy/Kconfig"
 #	Ethernet
 #
 
+source "drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig"
+
 menuconfig NET_ETHERNET
 	bool "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)"
 	depends on !UML
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index e1eca2ab505ea248648346e21269ae380c0b7634..670b5141f0d7fe1ac2bb9103b2769c4abccceb1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Makefile for the Linux network (ethercard) device drivers.
+# Makefile for the Linux network device drivers.
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_MII) += mii.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d59e4f2aa93fd14fc91abc8f4cfad856bc03c0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Ethernet LAN device configuration
+#
+
+menuconfig ETHERNET
+	bool "Ethernet driver support"
+	depends on NET
+	default y
+	---help---
+	  This section contains all the Ethernet device drivers.
+
+if ETHERNET
+
+endif # ETHERNET
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d21dda32038e5274834eac8904166ff3f04f759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the Linux network Ethernet device drivers.
+#