diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20b3235..b4a273f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -528,6 +528,10 @@
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -gdwarf-2
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -pg
+endif
+
 # We trigger additional mismatches with less inlining
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-inline-functions-called-once)