diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/base.conf b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/base.conf
index edde15837..48940fe91 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/base.conf
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/configs/fragments/common/base.conf
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP needs
 CONFIG_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y
+
+# Allow the kernel to collect and report per-task status to userspace
+#
+# This is super useful for performance monitoring
+CONFIG_TASKSTATS=y
+CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT=y
+CONFIG_TASK_XACCT=y
+CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING=y
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
index 1b9cba4ae..492dff089 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-151
+152