diff --git a/modules/zcbor/Kconfig b/modules/zcbor/Kconfig
index 1b3fd15d5e3..655fb2ed2a8 100644
--- a/modules/zcbor/Kconfig
+++ b/modules/zcbor/Kconfig
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@ config ZCBOR_ASSERT
 config ZCBOR_BIG_ENDIAN
 	def_bool BIG_ENDIAN
 
+config ZCBOR_MAX_STR_LEN
+	int "Default max length when calling zcbor_tstr_put_term()"
+	default 256
+	help
+	  This can be manually used if no other value is readily available, but
+	  using this is discouraged.
+
 endif # ZCBOR