diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.btf b/scripts/Makefile.btf
index 2597e3d4d6e0..b75f09f3f424 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.btf
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.btf
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ else
 # Switch to using --btf_features for v1.26 and later.
 pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 126)  = -j --btf_features=encode_force,var,float,enum64,decl_tag,type_tag,optimized_func,consistent_func,decl_tag_kfuncs
 
+ifneq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
+module-pahole-flags-$(call test-ge, $(pahole-ver), 126) += --btf_features=distilled_base
+endif
+
 endif
 
 pahole-flags-$(CONFIG_PAHOLE_HAS_LANG_EXCLUDE)		+= --lang_exclude=rust
 
 export PAHOLE_FLAGS := $(pahole-flags-y)
+export MODULE_PAHOLE_FLAGS := $(module-pahole-flags-y)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 3bec9043e4f3..1fa98b5e952b 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@
 	if [ ! -f vmlinux ]; then					\
 		printf "Skipping BTF generation for %s due to unavailability of vmlinux\n" $@ 1>&2; \
 	else								\
-		LLVM_OBJCOPY="$(OBJCOPY)" $(PAHOLE) -J $(PAHOLE_FLAGS) --btf_base vmlinux $@; \
+		LLVM_OBJCOPY="$(OBJCOPY)" $(PAHOLE) -J $(PAHOLE_FLAGS) $(MODULE_PAHOLE_FLAGS) --btf_base vmlinux $@; \
 		$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) -b vmlinux $@; 			\
 	fi;