diff --git a/doc/shell-test-api.txt b/doc/shell-test-api.txt
index b993a9e1e..e082808f7 100644
--- a/doc/shell-test-api.txt
+++ b/doc/shell-test-api.txt
@@ -193,22 +193,25 @@ simply by setting right '$TST_NEEDS_FOO'.
 
 [options="header"]
 |=============================================================================
-| Variable name      | Action done
-| 'TST_NEEDS_ROOT'   | Exit the test with 'TCONF' unless executed under root.
-|                    | Alternatively the 'tst_require_root' command can be used.
-| 'TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR' | Create test temporary directory and cd into it.
-| 'TST_NEEDS_DEVICE' | Prepare test temporary device, the path to testing
-                       device is stored in '$TST_DEVICE' variable.
-                       The option implies 'TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR'.
-| 'TST_NEEDS_CMDS'   | String with command names that has to be present for
-                       the test (see below).
-| 'TST_NEEDS_MODULE' | Test module name needed for the test (see below).
-| 'TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS'| Checks kernel drivers support for the test.
-| 'TST_TIMEOUT'      | Maximum timeout set for the test in sec. Must be int >= 1,
-                       or -1 (special value to disable timeout), default is 300.
-                       Variable is meant be set in tests, not by user.
-                       It's an equivalent of `tst_test.timeout` in C, can be set
-                       via 'tst_set_timeout(timeout)' after test has started.
+| Variable name            | Action done
+| 'TST_NEEDS_ROOT'         | Exit the test with 'TCONF' unless executed under root.
+|                          | Alternatively the 'tst_require_root' command can be used.
+| 'TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR'       | Create test temporary directory and cd into it.
+| 'TST_NEEDS_DEVICE'       | Prepare test temporary device, the path to testing
+                             device is stored in '$TST_DEVICE' variable.
+                             The option implies 'TST_NEEDS_TMPDIR'.
+| 'TST_NEEDS_CMDS'         | String with command names that has to be present for
+                             the test (see below).
+| 'TST_NEEDS_MODULE'       | Test module name needed for the test (see below).
+| 'TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS'      | Checks kernel drivers support for the test.
+| 'TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS'     | Checks kernel kconfigs support for the test (see below).
+| 'TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS' | Used for splitting '$TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS' variable,
+                             default value is comma, it only supports single character.
+| 'TST_TIMEOUT'            | Maximum timeout set for the test in sec. Must be int >= 1,
+                             or -1 (special value to disable timeout), default is 300.
+                             Variable is meant be set in tests, not by user.
+                             It's an equivalent of `tst_test.timeout` in C, can be set
+                             via 'tst_set_timeout(timeout)' after test has started.
 |=============================================================================
 
 [options="header"]
@@ -742,3 +745,19 @@ TST_NEEDS_CHECKPOINTS=1
 Since both the implementations are compatible, it's also possible to start
 a child binary process from a shell test and synchronize with it. This process
 must have checkpoints initialized by calling 'tst_reinit()'.
+
+1.7 Parsing kernel .config
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+The shell library provides an implementation of the kconfig parsing interface
+compatible with the C version.
+
+It's possible to pass kernel kconfig list for tst_require_kconfigs API with
+'$TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS'.
+Optional '$TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS' is used for splitting, default value is comma.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#!/bin/sh
+TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS="CONFIG_EXT4_FS, CONFIG_QUOTACTL=y"
+
+. tst_test.sh
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/newlib_tests/runtest.sh b/lib/newlib_tests/runtest.sh
index 8b2fe347a..b34a582b7 100755
--- a/lib/newlib_tests/runtest.sh
+++ b/lib/newlib_tests/runtest.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ tst_needs_cmds01 tst_needs_cmds02 tst_needs_cmds03 tst_needs_cmds06
 tst_needs_cmds07 tst_bool_expr test_exec test_timer tst_res_hexd tst_strstatus
 tst_fuzzy_sync03 test_zero_hugepage.sh}"
 
-LTP_SHELL_API_TESTS="${LTP_SHELL_API_TESTS:-shell/tst_check_driver.sh shell/net/*.sh}"
+LTP_SHELL_API_TESTS="${LTP_SHELL_API_TESTS:-shell/tst_check_driver.sh
+shell/tst_check_kconfig0[1-4].sh shell/net/*.sh}"
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 PATH="$PWD/../../testcases/lib/:$PATH"
diff --git a/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig01.sh b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig01.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..065a20fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig01.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (c) 2022 FUJITSU LIMITED. All rights reserved.
+
+TST_TESTFUNC=do_test
+TST_NEEDS_CMDS="tst_check_kconfigs"
+TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS="CONFIG_EXT4"
+
+. tst_test.sh
+
+do_test()
+{
+	tst_res TFAIL "kernel .config doesn't have CONFIG_EXT4"
+}
+
+tst_run
diff --git a/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig02.sh b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig02.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3a0f05847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig02.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (c) 2022 FUJITSU LIMITED. All rights reserved.
+
+TST_TESTFUNC=do_test
+TST_NEEDS_CMDS="tst_check_kconfigs"
+TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS="CONFIG_EXT4_FS : CONFIG_XFS_FS"
+. tst_test.sh
+
+do_test()
+{
+	tst_res TFAIL "invalid kconfig delimter"
+}
+
+tst_run
diff --git a/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig03.sh b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig03.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c5f046b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig03.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (c) 2022 FUJITSU LIMITED. All rights reserved.
+
+TST_TESTFUNC=do_test
+TST_NEEDS_CMDS="tst_check_kconfigs"
+TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS="CONFIG_EXT4_FS : CONFIG_XFS_FS"
+TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS=":"
+. tst_test.sh
+
+do_test()
+{
+	tst_res TPASS "valid kconfig delimter"
+}
+
+tst_run
diff --git a/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig04.sh b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig04.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad5e8ac21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/newlib_tests/shell/tst_check_kconfig04.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# Copyright (c) 2022 FUJITSU LIMITED. All rights reserved.
+
+TST_TESTFUNC=do_test
+TST_NEEDS_CMDS="tst_check_kconfigs"
+. tst_test.sh
+
+do_test()
+{
+	tst_check_kconfigs "CONFIG_EXT4_FS"
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		tst_res TPASS "kernel .config has CONFIG_EXT4_fs"
+	else
+		tst_res TFAIL "kernel .config doesn't have CONFIG_EXT4_FS"
+	fi
+
+	tst_check_kconfigs "CONFIG_EXT4"
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+		tst_res TFAIL "kernel .config has CONFIG_EXT4"
+	else
+		tst_res TPASS "kernel .config doesn't have CONFIG_EXT4"
+	fi
+}
+tst_run
diff --git a/testcases/lib/.gitignore b/testcases/lib/.gitignore
index 9625d9043..c0d4dc851 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/testcases/lib/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /tst_check_drivers
+/tst_check_kconfigs
 /tst_checkpoint
 /tst_device
 /tst_getconf
diff --git a/testcases/lib/Makefile b/testcases/lib/Makefile
index d6b4c7a91..f2de0c832 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/lib/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ INSTALL_TARGETS		:= *.sh
 MAKE_TARGETS		:= tst_sleep tst_random tst_checkpoint tst_rod tst_kvcmp\
 			   tst_device tst_net_iface_prefix tst_net_ip_prefix tst_net_vars\
 			   tst_getconf tst_supported_fs tst_check_drivers tst_get_unused_port\
-			   tst_get_median tst_hexdump tst_get_free_pids tst_timeout_kill
+			   tst_get_median tst_hexdump tst_get_free_pids tst_timeout_kill\
+			   tst_check_kconfigs
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/include/mk/generic_leaf_target.mk
diff --git a/testcases/lib/tst_check_kconfigs.c b/testcases/lib/tst_check_kconfigs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0c72768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/lib/tst_check_kconfigs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/* Copyright (c) 2022 FUJITSU LIMITED. All rights reserved.*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "tst_kconfig.h"
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+	char delim[2];
+	char str[PATH_MAX];
+	char *result = NULL;
+	char *next = NULL;
+	int i = 0, j = 0, ret = 0;
+
+	if (argc < 3) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Please provide kernel kconfig list and delims\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (strlen(argv[2]) != 1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "The delim must be a single character\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(str, argv[1]);
+	strcpy(delim, argv[2]);
+
+	result = strtok_r(str, delim, &next);
+	for (i = 0; result != NULL; i++)
+		result = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &next);
+
+	strcpy(str, argv[1]);
+	char **kconfigs = (char **)malloc(++i * sizeof(char *));
+
+	result = strtok_r(str, delim, &next);
+	for (i = 0; result != NULL; i++) {
+		kconfigs[i] = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * strlen(result));
+		strcpy(kconfigs[i], result);
+		result = strtok_r(NULL, delim, &next);
+	}
+
+	kconfigs[i] = NULL;
+	if (tst_kconfig_check((const char * const*)kconfigs))
+		ret = 1;
+
+	for (j = 0; j <= i; j++)
+		free(kconfigs[i]);
+
+	free(kconfigs);
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh b/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
index 2556b28f5..9c4e4dd3b 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
+++ b/testcases/lib/tst_test.sh
@@ -412,6 +412,17 @@ tst_require_drivers()
 	return 0
 }
 
+tst_require_kconfigs()
+{
+	[ $# -ne 2  ] && return 0
+
+	tst_check_kconfigs "$1" $2 > /dev/null
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		tst_brk TCONF "Aborting due to unsuitable kernel config, see above!"
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
 tst_is_int()
 {
 	[ "$1" -eq "$1" ] 2>/dev/null
@@ -587,6 +598,7 @@ tst_run()
 			NEEDS_ROOT|NEEDS_TMPDIR|TMPDIR|NEEDS_DEVICE|DEVICE);;
 			NEEDS_CMDS|NEEDS_MODULE|MODPATH|DATAROOT);;
 			NEEDS_DRIVERS|FS_TYPE|MNTPOINT|MNT_PARAMS);;
+			NEEDS_KCONFIGS|NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS);;
 			IPV6|IPV6_FLAG|IPVER|TEST_DATA|TEST_DATA_IFS);;
 			RETRY_FUNC|RETRY_FN_EXP_BACKOFF|TIMEOUT);;
 			NET_DATAROOT|NET_MAX_PKT|NET_RHOST_RUN_DEBUG|NETLOAD_CLN_NUMBER);;
@@ -627,6 +639,7 @@ tst_run()
 	[ "$TST_DISABLE_SELINUX" = 1 ] && tst_disable_selinux
 
 	tst_require_cmds $TST_NEEDS_CMDS
+	tst_require_kconfigs "$TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS" $TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS
 	tst_require_drivers $TST_NEEDS_DRIVERS
 
 	if [ -n "$TST_MIN_KVER" ]; then
@@ -748,6 +761,8 @@ if [ -z "$TST_NO_DEFAULT_RUN" ]; then
 
 	TST_TEST_DATA_IFS="${TST_TEST_DATA_IFS:- }"
 
+	TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS="${TST_NEEDS_KCONFIGS_IFS:-,}"
+
 	if [ -n "$TST_CNT" ]; then
 		if ! tst_is_int "$TST_CNT"; then
 			tst_brk TBROK "TST_CNT must be integer"
