diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index c5a7a3c..0cf530d 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@
 
 config CMD_AVB
 	bool "avb - Android Verified Boot 2.0 operations"
-	depends on LIBAVB
+	depends on AVB_VERIFY
 	default n
 	help
 	  Enables a "avb" command to perform verification of partitions using
diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index dc2e1c2..9f6a162 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -637,6 +637,16 @@
 	  and the algorithms it supports are defined in common/hash.c. See
 	  also CMD_HASH for command-line access.
 
+config AVB_VERIFY
+	bool "Build Android Verified Boot operations"
+	depends on LIBAVB && FASTBOOT
+	help
+	  This option enables compilation of bootloader-dependent operations,
+	  used by Android Verified Boot 2.0 library (libavb). Includes:
+	    * Helpers to process strings in order to build OS bootargs.
+	    * Helpers to access MMC, similar to drivers/fastboot/fb_mmc.c.
+	    * Helpers to alloc/init/free avb ops.
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "Update support"
diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 66584f8..7100541 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -121,4 +121,4 @@
 obj-y += s_record.o
 obj-y += xyzModem.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += avb_verify.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_AVB_VERIFY) += avb_verify.o
diff --git a/doc/README.avb2 b/doc/README.avb2
index 67784b5..120279f 100644
--- a/doc/README.avb2
+++ b/doc/README.avb2
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 -----------------------------------
 The following options must be enabled:
 CONFIG_LIBAVB=y
+CONFIG_AVB_VERIFY=y
 CONFIG_CMD_AVB=y