diff --git a/pmb/build/menuconfig.py b/pmb/build/menuconfig.py
index 5079e31f..70bb4e4d 100644
--- a/pmb/build/menuconfig.py
+++ b/pmb/build/menuconfig.py
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ def menuconfig(args, pkgname):
         depends += ["gtk+2.0-dev", "glib-dev", "libglade-dev", "font-noto"]
         kopt = "gconfig"
         copy_xauth = True
+    elif args.nconfig:
+        kopt = "nconfig"
+        depends += ["ncurses-dev"]
     else:
         depends += ["ncurses-dev"]
     pmb.chroot.apk.install(args, depends)
diff --git a/pmb/parse/arguments.py b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
index ec741812..c9c742e3 100644
--- a/pmb/parse/arguments.py
+++ b/pmb/parse/arguments.py
@@ -435,10 +435,13 @@ def arguments_kconfig(subparser):
     edit = sub.add_parser("edit", help="edit kernel aport config")
     edit.add_argument("--arch", choices=arch_choices, dest="arch")
     edit.add_argument("-x", dest="xconfig", action="store_true",
-                      help="use xconfig rather than ncurses for kernel"
+                      help="use xconfig rather than menuconfig for kernel"
                            " configuration")
     edit.add_argument("-g", dest="gconfig", action="store_true",
-                      help="use gconfig rather than ncurses for kernel"
+                      help="use gconfig rather than menuconfig for kernel"
+                           " configuration")
+    edit.add_argument("-n", dest="nconfig", action="store_true",
+                      help="use nconfig rather than menuconfig for kernel"
                            " configuration")
     edit_package = edit.add_argument("package", nargs='?')
     if argcomplete: