diff --git a/libs/libc/Kconfig b/libs/libc/Kconfig
index be6219caee..1e26b3ee38 100644
--- a/libs/libc/Kconfig
+++ b/libs/libc/Kconfig
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ source "libs/libc/userfs/Kconfig"
 source "libs/libc/builtin/Kconfig"
 source "libs/libc/symtab/Kconfig"
 source "libs/libc/stream/Kconfig"
+source "libs/libc/regex/Kconfig"
diff --git a/libs/libc/regex/Kconfig b/libs/libc/regex/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c211c34be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libc/regex/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
+# see the file kconfig-language.txt in the NuttX tools repository.
+#
+
+config LIBC_REGEX
+	bool "Enable regex"
+	depends on ALLOW_MIT_COMPONENTS
+	default y
+	---help---
+		provide the regex related func, include regcomp, regexec.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/libc/regex/Make.defs b/libs/libc/regex/Make.defs
index 2e97724c1c..8f46954f57 100644
--- a/libs/libc/regex/Make.defs
+++ b/libs/libc/regex/Make.defs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ALLOW_MIT_COMPONENTS),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBC_REGEX),y)
 
 # Add the regex C files to the build
 CSRCS += regcomp.c regexec.c regerror.c tre-mem.c