diff --git a/arch/Config.in.x86 b/arch/Config.in.x86
index c770ae3ffe..38e486eafd 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.x86
+++ b/arch/Config.in.x86
@@ -521,11 +521,22 @@ config BR2_x86_steamroller
 	select BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE4
 	select BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE42
 config BR2_x86_geode
-	bool "geode"
-	# Don't include MMX support because there several variant of geode
-	# processor, some with MMX support, some without.
-	# See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode_%28processor%29
+	bool "geode (no mmx)"
 	depends on !BR2_x86_64
+	help
+	  For several variant of geode which have not MMX support.
+	  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode_%28processor%29 to
+	  determine if your particular Geode processor supports MMX or
+	  not.
+config BR2_x86_geode_mmx
+	bool "geode (with mmx)"
+	depends on !BR2_x86_64
+	select BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX
+	help
+	  For several variant of geode which have MMX support.
+	  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geode_%28processor%29 to
+	  determine if your particular Geode processor supports MMX or
+	  not.
 config BR2_x86_c3
 	bool "Via/Cyrix C3 (Samuel/Ezra cores)"
 	depends on !BR2_x86_64