diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
index 852ccc551bb3..da502627d336 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@ HOSTLDLIBS
 ----------
 Additional libraries to link against when building host programs.
 
+.. _userkbuildflags:
+
+USERCFLAGS
+----------
+Additional options used for $(CC) when compiling userprogs.
+
+USERLDFLAGS
+-----------
+Additional options used for $(LD) when linking userprogs. userprogs are linked
+with CC, so $(USERLDFLAGS) should include "-Wl," prefix as applicable.
+
 KBUILD_KCONFIG
 --------------
 Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c177793009d..652eb472330d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -413,11 +413,12 @@ HOSTCC	= gcc
 HOSTCXX	= g++
 endif
 
-export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
-			      -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
-export KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS :=
+KBUILD_USERHOSTCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
+			 -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
+KBUILD_USERCFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_USERHOSTCFLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS)
+KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS := $(USERLDFLAGS)
 
-KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS   := $(KBUILD_USERCFLAGS) $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS)
+KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS   := $(KBUILD_USERHOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS := -Wall -O2 $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS  := $(HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS   := $(HOST_LFS_LIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS)
@@ -512,6 +513,7 @@ export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP OBJSIZE READELF PAHOLE LEX YACC AWK INSTA
 export PERL PYTHON PYTHON3 CHECK CHECKFLAGS MAKE UTS_MACHINE HOSTCXX
 export KGZIP KBZIP2 KLZOP LZMA LZ4 XZ
 export KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS LDFLAGS_MODULE
+export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS KBUILD_LDFLAGS
 export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 3ab96f5b8604..78d3b49b0354 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ config CLANG_VERSION
 
 config CC_CAN_LINK
 	bool
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m64-flag)) if 64BIT
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m32-flag))
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m64-flag)) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m32-flag))
 
 config CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
 	bool
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m64-flag) -static) if 64BIT
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m32-flag) -static)
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m64-flag) -static) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m32-flag) -static)
 
 config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
 	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC))
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index 5b545c9a5f3c..0bc1627d52e9 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ UAPI_CFLAGS := -std=c90 -Wall -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
 # It is here just because CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK is tested with -m32 or -m64.
 UAPI_CFLAGS += $(filter -m32 -m64 --target=%, $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 
+# USERCFLAGS might contain sysroot location for CC.
+UAPI_CFLAGS += $(USERCFLAGS)
+
 override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 
 # The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.