diff --git a/.ci/check-generic-kconfig.sh b/.ci/check-generic-kconfig.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2f0046d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/check-generic-kconfig.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then
+	set -x
+	wget "https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/ci-common/-/raw/main/install_pmbootstrap.sh"
+	sh ./install_pmbootstrap.sh
+	exec su "${TESTUSER:-pmos}" -c "sh -e $0"
+fi
+
+KERNELS="linux-postmarketos-lts linux-postmarketos-stable linux-postmarketos-mainline"
+ARCHS="aarch64 armv7 loongarch64 ppc64le riscv64 x86 x86_64"
+
+TOTAL=0
+PASSED=0
+FAILED=0
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "KERNELS: $KERNELS"
+echo "ARCHS:   $ARCHS"
+echo "============================================"
+
+for kernel in $KERNELS; do
+	for arch in $ARCHS; do
+		TOTAL=$((TOTAL + 1))
+		LOGFILE="kconfig-${kernel}-${arch}.log"
+		STATUSFILE="status-${kernel}-${arch}.txt"
+
+		echo "################################################################"
+		echo "# TEST ${TOTAL}: Generating config for ${kernel} on ${arch}"
+		echo "################################################################"
+
+		# skip pmb's log and capture output to a separate log file for each test so
+		# they can be presented as separate CI job artifacts
+		if pmbootstrap --details-to-stdout kconfig generate "$kernel" --arch "$arch" > "$LOGFILE" 2>&1; then
+			echo "✓ SUCCESS: ${kernel} on ${arch}"
+			PASSED=$((PASSED + 1))
+			echo "PASS" > "$STATUSFILE"
+		else
+			echo "✗ FAILED: ${kernel} on ${arch}"
+			grep "ERROR:" "$LOGFILE"
+			FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+			echo "FAIL" > "$STATUSFILE"
+		fi
+		echo "################################################################"
+		echo ""
+	done
+done
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "SUMMARY"
+echo "Total: ${TOTAL}, Passed: ${PASSED}, Failed: ${FAILED}"
+echo "============================================"
+
+if [ ${FAILED} -gt 0 ]; then
+	echo ""
+	echo "############################################"
+	echo "# FAILED TESTS #"
+	echo "############################################"
+
+	for kernel in $KERNELS; do
+		for arch in $ARCHS; do
+			STATUSFILE="status-${kernel}-${arch}.txt"
+			if [ -f "$STATUSFILE" ]; then
+				STATUS=$(cat "$STATUSFILE")
+				if [ "$STATUS" = "FAIL" ]; then
+				echo ""
+				echo ">>> FAILED TEST: ${kernel}:${arch} <<<"
+				echo "See this artifact for details: kconfig-${kernel}-${arch}.log"
+				echo "------------------------------------------------"
+				fi
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+	exit 1
+else
+	echo "All tests passed!"
+fi
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5ff64cb65..c8cb82b23 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,20 @@ kernel-kconfig:
     - .ci/lib/gitlab_prepare_ci.sh
     - .ci/kconfig.sh
 
+# validate generic kernel kconfig
+generate-all-kconfigs:
+  stage: lint
+  rules:
+    - if: *mr_rule
+      changes:
+      - kconfig-generic.toml
+  script:
+    - .ci/check-generic-kconfig.sh
+  artifacts:
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - kconfig-*.log
+
 # Verify checksums
 verify-checksums:
   stage: lint