diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e5a2694..2fd21a5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@
 endif
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
 endif
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -gdwarf-4,)
+endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
 KBUILD_CFLAGS 	+= $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-baseonly) \