diff --git a/src/common/pico_base/include/pico.h b/src/common/pico_base/include/pico.h
index 1b73651..073ee5f 100644
--- a/src/common/pico_base/include/pico.h
+++ b/src/common/pico_base/include/pico.h
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@
  * This header may be included by assembly code
 */
 
+#define	__PICO_STRING(x)	#x
+#define	__PICO_XSTRING(x)	__PICO_STRING(x)
+
 #include "pico/types.h"
 #include "pico/version.h"
+
+// PICO_CONFIG: PICO_CONFIG_HEADER, unquoted path to header include in place of the default pico/config.h which may be desirable for build systems which can't easily generate the config_autogen header, default=none, group=pico_base
+#ifdef PICO_CONFIG_HEADER
+#include __PICO_XSTRING(PICO_CONFIG_HEADER)
+#else
 #include "pico/config.h"
+#endif
 #include "pico/platform.h"
 #include "pico/error.h"
 
diff --git a/src/common/pico_base/include/pico/config.h b/src/common/pico_base/include/pico/config.h
index 8d69269..8526bb5 100644
--- a/src/common/pico_base/include/pico/config.h
+++ b/src/common/pico_base/include/pico/config.h
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@
 
 #include "pico/config_autogen.h"
 
+// PICO_CONFIG: PICO_CONFIG_RTOS_ADAPTER_HEADER, unquoted path to header include in the default pico/config.h for RTOS integration defines that must be included in all sources, default=none, group=pico_base
+#ifdef PICO_CONFIG_RTOS_ADAPTER_HEADER
+#include __PICO_XSTRING(PICO_CONFIG_RTOS_ADAPTER_HEADER)
+#endif
+
 #endif
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