diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 1db738d5b301..8d41f73f5395 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -6,39 +6,7 @@
 
 menu "Firmware Drivers"
 
-config ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL
-	tristate "ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) Message Protocol"
-	depends on ARM || ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
-	depends on MAILBOX || HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY
-	help
-	  ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) protocol is a
-	  set of operating system-independent software interfaces that are
-	  used in system management. SCMI is extensible and currently provides
-	  interfaces for: Discovery and self-description of the interfaces
-	  it supports, Power domain management which is the ability to place
-	  a given device or domain into the various power-saving states that
-	  it supports, Performance management which is the ability to control
-	  the performance of a domain that is composed of compute engines
-	  such as application processors and other accelerators, Clock
-	  management which is the ability to set and inquire rates on platform
-	  managed clocks and Sensor management which is the ability to read
-	  sensor data, and be notified of sensor value.
-
-	  This protocol library provides interface for all the client drivers
-	  making use of the features offered by the SCMI.
-
-config ARM_SCMI_POWER_DOMAIN
-	tristate "SCMI power domain driver"
-	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL || (COMPILE_TEST && OF)
-	default y
-	select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
-	help
-	  This enables support for the SCMI power domains which can be
-	  enabled or disabled via the SCP firmware
-
-	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
-	  will be called scmi_pm_domain. Note this may needed early in boot
-	  before rootfs may be available.
+source "drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig"
 
 config ARM_SCPI_PROTOCOL
 	tristate "ARM System Control and Power Interface (SCPI) Message Protocol"
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..479fc8a3533e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+menu "ARM System Control and Management Interface Protocol"
+
+config ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL
+	tristate "ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) Message Protocol"
+	depends on ARM || ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
+	help
+	  ARM System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) protocol is a
+	  set of operating system-independent software interfaces that are
+	  used in system management. SCMI is extensible and currently provides
+	  interfaces for: Discovery and self-description of the interfaces
+	  it supports, Power domain management which is the ability to place
+	  a given device or domain into the various power-saving states that
+	  it supports, Performance management which is the ability to control
+	  the performance of a domain that is composed of compute engines
+	  such as application processors and other accelerators, Clock
+	  management which is the ability to set and inquire rates on platform
+	  managed clocks and Sensor management which is the ability to read
+	  sensor data, and be notified of sensor value.
+
+	  This protocol library provides interface for all the client drivers
+	  making use of the features offered by the SCMI.
+
+config ARM_SCMI_HAVE_TRANSPORT
+	bool
+	help
+	  This declares whether at least one SCMI transport has been configured.
+	  Used to trigger a build bug when trying to build SCMI without any
+	  configured transport.
+
+config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_MAILBOX
+	bool "SCMI transport based on Mailbox"
+	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL && MAILBOX
+	select ARM_SCMI_HAVE_TRANSPORT
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable mailbox based transport for SCMI.
+
+	  If you want the ARM SCMI PROTOCOL stack to include support for a
+	  transport based on mailboxes, answer Y.
+	  A matching DT entry will also be needed to indicate the effective
+	  presence of this kind of transport.
+
+config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
+	bool "SCMI transport based on SMC"
+	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL && HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY
+	select ARM_SCMI_HAVE_TRANSPORT
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable SMC based transport for SCMI.
+
+	  If you want the ARM SCMI PROTOCOL stack to include support for a
+	  transport based on SMC, answer Y.
+	  A matching DT entry will also be needed to indicate the effective
+	  presence of this kind of transport.
+
+config ARM_SCMI_POWER_DOMAIN
+	tristate "SCMI power domain driver"
+	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL || (COMPILE_TEST && OF)
+	default y
+	select PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS if PM
+	help
+	  This enables support for the SCMI power domains which can be
+	  enabled or disabled via the SCP firmware
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
+	  will be called scmi_pm_domain. Note this may needed early in boot
+	  before rootfs may be available.
+
+endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
index 6a2ef63306d6..38163d6991b3 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 scmi-bus-y = bus.o
 scmi-driver-y = driver.o notify.o
 scmi-transport-y = shmem.o
-scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_MAILBOX) += mailbox.o
-scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY) += smc.o
+scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_MAILBOX) += mailbox.o
+scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC) += smc.o
 scmi-protocols-y = base.o clock.o perf.o power.o reset.o sensors.o system.o voltage.o
 scmi-module-objs := $(scmi-bus-y) $(scmi-driver-y) $(scmi-protocols-y) \
 		    $(scmi-transport-y)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
index fb3770b165ca..d846ffd77b99 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
@@ -390,8 +390,10 @@ struct scmi_desc {
 	bool using_xfers_delegation;
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_MAILBOX
 extern const struct scmi_desc scmi_mailbox_desc;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
 extern const struct scmi_desc scmi_smc_desc;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index c1ff0e84f72d..0ffdfdaabf35 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -2082,10 +2082,10 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(versions);
 
 /* Each compatible listed below must have descriptor associated with it */
 static const struct of_device_id scmi_of_match[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MAILBOX
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_MAILBOX
 	{ .compatible = "arm,scmi", .data = &scmi_mailbox_desc },
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC
 	{ .compatible = "arm,scmi-smc", .data = &scmi_smc_desc},
 #endif
 	{ /* Sentinel */ },
@@ -2156,6 +2156,8 @@ static int __init scmi_driver_init(void)
 
 	scmi_bus_init();
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_HAVE_TRANSPORT));
+
 	/* Initialize any compiled-in transport which provided an init/exit */
 	ret = scmi_transports_init();
 	if (ret)
