diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index c86b6684a6..0995e1a36e 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ config CCACHE
 	  Enables the use of ccache for faster builds.
 	  Requires ccache in path.
 
+config SCONFIG_GENPARSER
+	bool "Generate SCONFIG parser using flex and bison"
+	default n
+	depends on EXPERT
+	help
+	  Enable this option if you are working on the sconfig
+	  device tree parser and made changes to sconfig.l and
+	  sconfig.y. 
+	  Otherwise, say N.
+
 config USE_OPTION_TABLE
 	bool "Use CMOS for configuration values"
 	default n
diff --git a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
index a1ee64da88..97a445f037 100644
--- a/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/sconfig/Makefile.inc
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ $(objutil)/sconfig/%.o: $(objutil)/sconfig/%.c
 	printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
 	$(HOSTCC) $(SCONFIGFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-ifdef SCONFIG_GENPARSER
+ifdef CONFIG_SCONFIG_GENPARSER
 $(top)/util/sconfig/lex.yy.c_shipped: $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.l
+	printf "    FLEX       $(subst $(top)/,,$(@))\n"
 	flex -L -o $@ $<
 
 # the .c rule also creates .h
 $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.h_shipped: $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped
 $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.c_shipped: $(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.y
+	printf "    BISON      $(subst $(top)/,,$(@))\n"
 	bison -l --defines=$(top)/util/sconfig/sconfig.tab.h_shipped -o $@ $<
 
 endif