diff --git a/customization.cfg b/customization.cfg
index 87265ca..a277242 100644
--- a/customization.cfg
+++ b/customization.cfg
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ _kernel_localversion=""
 # Set to "true" to add back missing symbol for AES-NI/AVX support on ZFS - This is a legacy option that can be ignored on 5.10+ kernels - https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/export_kernel_fpu_functions.patch
 _zfsfix="true"
 
-# Set to your maximum number of CPUs (physical + logical cores) - Lower means less overhead - You can set it to "$(nproc)" to use the current host's CPU(s) core count
+# Set to your maximum number of CPUs (physical + logical cores) - Lower means less overhead - You can set it to "$(nproc)" to use the current host's CPU(s) core count, or leave empty to get a prompt
 # If you set this to a lower value than you have cores, some cores will be disabled
 # Default Arch kernel value is 320
 _NR_CPUS_value="128"
diff --git a/linux-tkg-config/prepare b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
index b20868d..831351c 100644
--- a/linux-tkg-config/prepare
+++ b/linux-tkg-config/prepare
@@ -1394,6 +1394,20 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES=y\r
     fi
   fi
 
+  # NR_CPUS
+  if [ -z "$_NR_CPUS_value" ]; then
+    plain ""
+    plain "Set NR_CPUS value to the current host's threads count?"
+    plain "For best results, it should be equal to the maximum number of threads the target machine has."
+    plain "If you want to use the resulting kernel on a machine with more threads, you can hit enter or answer N to use a default of 128."
+    read -rp "`echo $'    > N/y : '`" CONDITION_nrcpus;
+  fi
+  if [[ "$CONDITION_nrcpus" =~ [yY] ]] || [ -n "$_NR_CPUS_value" ]; then
+    scripts/config --set-val "$_NR_CPUS_value"
+  else
+    scripts/config --set-val "128"
+  fi
+
   fi
 
   # Community patches