diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0a34064c574..73c013378559 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ NM		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm
 STRIP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)strip
 OBJCOPY		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objcopy
 OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
+PAHOLE		= pahole
 LEX		= flex
 YACC		= bison
 AWK		= awk
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS :=
 GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS :=
 
 export ARCH SRCARCH CONFIG_SHELL HOSTCC KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS CROSS_COMPILE AS LD CC
-export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS
+export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP PAHOLE KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS
 export MAKE LEX YACC AWK INSTALLKERNEL PERL PYTHON PYTHON2 PYTHON3 UTS_MACHINE
 export HOSTCXX KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS LDFLAGS_MODULE CHECK CHECKFLAGS
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 0d9e81779e37..188fc17c2202 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -219,6 +219,14 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
 	  But it significantly improves the success of resolving
 	  variables in gdb on optimized code.
 
+config DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+	bool "Generate BTF typeinfo"
+	depends on DEBUG_INFO
+	help
+	  Generate deduplicated BTF type information from DWARF debug info.
+	  Turning this on expects presence of pahole tool, which will convert
+	  DWARF type info into equivalent deduplicated BTF type info.
+
 config GDB_SCRIPTS
 	bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging"
 	depends on DEBUG_INFO
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index dc0e8c5a1402..dd2b31ccca6a 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ set -e
 info()
 {
 	if [ "${quiet}" != "silent_" ]; then
-		printf "  %-7s %s\n" ${1} ${2}
+		printf "  %-7s %s\n" "${1}" "${2}"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -91,6 +91,20 @@ vmlinux_link()
 	fi
 }
 
+# generate .BTF typeinfo from DWARF debuginfo
+gen_btf()
+{
+	local pahole_ver;
+
+	pahole_ver=$(${PAHOLE} --version | sed -E 's/v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1\2/')
+	if [ "${pahole_ver}" -lt "113" ]; then
+		info "BTF" "${1}: pahole version $(${PAHOLE} --version) is too old, need at least v1.13"
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	info "BTF" ${1}
+	LLVM_OBJCOPY=${OBJCOPY} ${PAHOLE} -J ${1}
+}
 
 # Create ${2} .o file with all symbols from the ${1} object file
 kallsyms()
@@ -248,6 +262,10 @@ fi
 info LD vmlinux
 vmlinux_link "${kallsymso}" vmlinux
 
+if [ -n "${CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF}" ]; then
+	gen_btf vmlinux
+fi
+
 if [ -n "${CONFIG_BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT}" ]; then
 	info SORTEX vmlinux
 	sortextable vmlinux