diff --git a/sys/conf/options b/sys/conf/options
index 12b705510e78..08dd54b24557 100644
--- a/sys/conf/options
+++ b/sys/conf/options
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ GEOM_VOL	opt_geom.h
 GEOM_ZERO	opt_geom.h
 KDTRACE_HOOKS	opt_global.h
 KDTRACE_FRAME	opt_kdtrace.h
+KN_HASHSIZE	opt_kqueue.h
 KSTACK_MAX_PAGES
 KSTACK_PAGES
 KTRACE
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index 4113dc1fbe1a..f24032551604 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 
 #include "opt_ktrace.h"
+#include "opt_kqueue.h"
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/systm.h>
@@ -250,7 +251,10 @@ SYSCTL_UINT(_kern, OID_AUTO, kq_calloutmax, CTLFLAG_RW,
 #define	KNL_ASSERT_UNLOCKED(knl) do {} while (0)
 #endif /* INVARIANTS */
 
+#ifndef	KN_HASHSIZE
 #define	KN_HASHSIZE		64		/* XXX should be tunable */
+#endif
+
 #define KN_HASH(val, mask)	(((val) ^ (val >> 8)) & (mask))
 
 static int