diff --git a/Documentation/Kconfig b/Documentation/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..66046fa1c341eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+config WARN_MISSING_DOCUMENTS
+
+	bool "Warn if there's a missing documentation file"
+	depends on COMPILE_TEST
+	help
+	   It is not uncommon that a document gets renamed.
+	   This option makes the Kernel to check for missing dependencies,
+	   warning when something is missing. Works only if the Kernel
+	   is built from a git tree.
+
+	   If unsure, select 'N'.
+
+
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 2df0789f90b7ad..e145e4db508bc6 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 subdir-y := devicetree/bindings/
 
+# Check for broken documentation file references
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_WARN_MISSING_DOCUMENTS),y)
+$(shell $(srctree)/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check --warn)
+endif
+
 # You can set these variables from the command line.
 SPHINXBUILD   = sphinx-build
 SPHINXOPTS    =
diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 48a80beab6853d..990b0c390dfcdd 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ source "crypto/Kconfig"
 source "lib/Kconfig"
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
+
+source "Documentation/Kconfig"
diff --git a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
index ff16db2690793e..440227bb55a943 100755
--- a/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
+++ b/scripts/documentation-file-ref-check
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ $scriptname =~ s,.*/([^/]+/),$1,;
 # Parse arguments
 my $help = 0;
 my $fix = 0;
+my $warn = 0;
+
+if (! -d ".git") {
+	printf "Warning: can't check if file exists, as this is not a git tree";
+	exit 0;
+}
 
 GetOptions(
 	'fix' => \$fix,
+	'warn' => \$warn,
 	'h|help|usage' => \$help,
 );
 
@@ -139,6 +146,8 @@ while (<IN>) {
 			if (!($ref =~ m/(scripts|Kconfig|Kbuild)/)) {
 				$broken_ref{$ref}++;
 			}
+		} elsif ($warn) {
+			print STDERR "Warning: $f references a file that doesn't exist: $fulref\n";
 		} else {
 			print STDERR "$f: $fulref\n";
 		}