diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 2fec707..f871f2e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1379,6 +1379,37 @@
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11
+	bool "Work around buggy Thumb-2 short branch relocations in gas"
+	depends on THUMB2_KERNEL && MODULES
+	default y
+	help
+	  Various binutils versions can resolve Thumb-2 branches to
+	  locally-defined, preemptible global symbols as short-range "b.n"
+	  branch instructions.
+
+	  This is a problem, because there's no guarantee the final
+	  destination of the symbol, or any candidate locations for a
+	  trampoline, are within range of the branch.  For this reason, the
+	  kernel does not support fixing up the R_ARM_THM_JUMP11 (102)
+	  relocation in modules at all, and it makes little sense to add
+	  support.
+
+	  The symptom is that the kernel fails with an "unsupported
+	  relocation" error when loading some modules.
+
+	  Until fixed tools are available, passing
+	  -fno-optimize-sibling-calls to gcc should prevent gcc generating
+	  code which hits this problem, at the cost of a bit of extra runtime
+	  stack usage in some cases.
+
+	  The problem is described in more detail at:
+	      https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils-linaro/+bug/725126
+
+	  Only Thumb-2 kernels are affected.
+
+	  Unless you are sure your tools don't have this problem, say Y.
+
 config ARM_ASM_UNIFIED
 	bool