diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index e4a25787cb4a4e28c0d8a0e731631fa7a9adad4b..d26dcf7fc2ffbef231c9b87f8908215ea1ade803 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -492,6 +492,14 @@ config SHA1SUM_VERIFY
 	help
 	  Add -v option to verify data against a SHA1 checksum.
 
+config CMD_STRINGS
+	bool "strings - display strings in memory"
+	help
+	  This works similarly to the Unix 'strings' command except that it
+	  works with a memory range. String of printable characters found
+	  within the range are displayed. The minimum number of characters
+	  for a sequence to be considered a string can be provided.
+
 endmenu
 
 menu "Compression commands"
diff --git a/include/configs/vct.h b/include/configs/vct.h
index e3c3b0e71f5c87c4f73e5bd46adbe7219f2d7e5f..a98dae8e24efb1ba5b8d7d688c2ec3533aca4dfc 100644
--- a/include/configs/vct.h
+++ b/include/configs/vct.h
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ int vct_gpio_get(int pin);
  * (NOR/OneNAND) usage and Linux kernel booting.
  */
 #if defined(CONFIG_VCT_SMALL_IMAGE)
-#undef CONFIG_CMD_STRINGS
 #undef CONFIG_CMD_TERMINAL
 
 #undef CONFIG_SMC911X
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 2b801641c814ea1abdb9e9a47561965df0ca4f54..e59f9ac7b03d5446973897b0e994995b8b6df38b 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ CONFIG_CM922T_XA10
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG
-CONFIG_CMD_STRINGS
 CONFIG_CMD_SX151X
 CONFIG_CMD_TCA642X
 CONFIG_CMD_TERMINAL