diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index a8e1826e0cba..dbc02de93e59 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ my $bisect_bad = "";
 my $reverse_bisect;
 my $bisect_manual;
 my $bisect_skip;
+my $config_bisect_good;
 my $in_patchcheck = 0;
 my $run_test;
 my $redirect;
@@ -1745,6 +1746,10 @@ sub config_bisect {
 
     my $tmpconfig = "$tmpdir/use_config";
 
+    if (defined($config_bisect_good)) {
+	process_config_ignore $config_bisect_good;
+    }
+
     # Make the file with the bad config and the min config
     if (defined($minconfig)) {
 	# read the min config for things to ignore
@@ -2174,6 +2179,7 @@ for (my $i = 1; $i <= $opt{"NUM_TESTS"}; $i++) {
     $patchcheck_sleep_time = set_test_option("PATCHCHECK_SLEEP_TIME", $i);
     $bisect_manual = set_test_option("BISECT_MANUAL", $i);
     $bisect_skip = set_test_option("BISECT_SKIP", $i);
+    $config_bisect_good = set_test_option("CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD", $i);
     $store_failures = set_test_option("STORE_FAILURES", $i);
     $timeout = set_test_option("TIMEOUT", $i);
     $booted_timeout = set_test_option("BOOTED_TIMEOUT", $i);
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index c2c072e96032..be531c20643d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -749,13 +749,18 @@
 #	boot	- bad builds but fails to boot
 #	test	- bad boots but fails a test
 #
-#   CONFIG_BISECT is the config that failed to boot
+#  CONFIG_BISECT is the config that failed to boot
 #
-#   If BISECT_MANUAL is set, it will pause between iterations.
-#   This is useful to use just ktest.pl just for the config bisect.
-#   If you set it to build, it will run the bisect and you can
-#   control what happens in between iterations. It will ask you if
-#   the test succeeded or not and continue the config bisect.
+#  If BISECT_MANUAL is set, it will pause between iterations.
+#  This is useful to use just ktest.pl just for the config bisect.
+#  If you set it to build, it will run the bisect and you can
+#  control what happens in between iterations. It will ask you if
+#  the test succeeded or not and continue the config bisect.
+#
+# CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD (optional)
+#  If you have a good config to start with, then you
+#  can specify it with CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD. Otherwise
+#  the MIN_CONFIG is the base.
 #
 # Example:
 #   TEST_START