diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 511b5616aa41..5d69bc326204 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1576,7 +1576,8 @@ help:
 	 echo  '                    (default: $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH))'; \
 	 echo  ''
 	@echo  'Static analysers:'
-	@echo  '  checkstack      - Generate a list of stack hogs'
+	@echo  '  checkstack      - Generate a list of stack hogs and consider all functions'
+	@echo  '                    with a stack size larger than MINSTACKSIZE (default: 100)'
 	@echo  '  versioncheck    - Sanity check on version.h usage'
 	@echo  '  includecheck    - Check for duplicate included header files'
 	@echo  '  export_report   - List the usages of all exported symbols'
@@ -2016,9 +2017,10 @@ CHECKSTACK_ARCH := $(SUBARCH)
 else
 CHECKSTACK_ARCH := $(ARCH)
 endif
+MINSTACKSIZE	?= 100
 checkstack:
 	$(OBJDUMP) -d vmlinux $$(find . -name '*.ko') | \
-	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/checkstack.pl $(CHECKSTACK_ARCH)
+	$(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/checkstack.pl $(CHECKSTACK_ARCH) $(MINSTACKSIZE)
 
 kernelrelease:
 	@$(filechk_kernel.release)