diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 19d16c0..870e0d10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@
 config X86_KERNEL_IBT
 	prompt "Indirect Branch Tracking"
 	bool
-	depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT
+	depends on X86_64 && CC_HAS_IBT && STACK_VALIDATION
 	help
 	  Build the kernel with support for Indirect Branch Tracking, a
 	  hardware support course-grain forward-edge Control Flow Integrity
@@ -1881,6 +1881,13 @@
 	  an ENDBR instruction, as such, the compiler will instrument the
 	  code with them to make this happen.
 
+	  In addition to building the kernel with IBT, seal all functions that
+	  are not indirect call targets, avoiding them ever becomming one.
+
+	  This requires LTO like objtool runs and will slow down the build. It
+	  does significantly reduce the number of ENDBR instructions in the
+	  kernel image.
+
 config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS
 	prompt "Memory Protection Keys"
 	def_bool y