diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index f09eb9de51..6efbef06e6 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct fdt_region;
 #include <linux/kconfig.h>
 
 /* new uImage format support enabled on host */
-#define CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE	1 /* enable fit_format_{error,warning}() */
 #define CONFIG_FIT_RSASSA_PSS 1
 
 #define IMAGE_ENABLE_IGNORE	0
@@ -1458,7 +1457,7 @@ int fit_image_cipher_get_algo(const void *fit, int noffset, char **algo);
 
 struct cipher_algo *image_get_cipher_algo(const char *full_name);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(FIT_VERBOSE)
 #define fit_unsupported(msg)	printf("! %s:%d " \
 				"FIT images not supported for '%s'\n", \
 				__FILE__, __LINE__, (msg))
@@ -1470,7 +1469,7 @@ struct cipher_algo *image_get_cipher_algo(const char *full_name);
 #else
 #define fit_unsupported(msg)
 #define fit_unsupported_reset(msg)
-#endif /* CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE */
+#endif /* FIT_VERBOSE */
 #endif /* CONFIG_FIT */
 
 #if !defined(USE_HOSTCC)
diff --git a/tools/Kconfig b/tools/Kconfig
index 747d221803..9d1c0efd40 100644
--- a/tools/Kconfig
+++ b/tools/Kconfig
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ config TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE
 	depends on TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE
 	default 0x10000000
 
+config TOOLS_FIT_VERBOSE
+	def_bool y
+	help
+	  Support verbose FIT output in the tools builds
+
 config TOOLS_MD5
 	def_bool y
 	help