diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 0e1fded2940e..1203955ed4d0 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -797,7 +797,8 @@ config COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION
 	bool
 
 config COMPAT_32BIT_TIME
-	def_bool !64BIT || COMPAT
+	bool "Provide system calls for 32-bit time_t"
+	default !64BIT || COMPAT
 	help
 	  This enables 32 bit time_t support in addition to 64 bit time_t support.
 	  This is relevant on all 32-bit architectures, and 64-bit architectures
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 34b76895b81e..3b69a560a7ac 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -410,6 +410,29 @@ COND_SYSCALL(send);
 COND_SYSCALL(bdflush);
 COND_SYSCALL(uselib);
 
+/* optional: time32 */
+COND_SYSCALL(time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(stime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(utime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(adjtimex_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(sched_rr_get_interval_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(nanosleep_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(rt_sigtimedwait_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(rt_sigtimedwait_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(timer_settime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(timer_gettime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(clock_settime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(clock_gettime32);
+COND_SYSCALL(clock_getres_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(clock_nanosleep_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(utimes_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(futimesat_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(pselect6_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(pselect6_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(ppoll_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL_COMPAT(ppoll_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(utimensat_time32);
+COND_SYSCALL(clock_adjtime32);
 
 /*
  * The syscalls below are not found in include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h