diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed7c6a0045..d187e6b334 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -547,7 +547,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -g
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -g
 
 # Report stack usage if supported
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fstack-usage)
+ifeq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-stack-usage.sh $(CC)),y)
+	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fstack-usage
+endif
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wno-format-nonliteral)
 
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-stack-usage.sh b/scripts/gcc-stack-usage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27ac928969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gcc-stack-usage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Test for gcc '-fstack-usage' support
+# Copyright (C) 2013, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+#
+
+TMP="$$"
+
+cat <<END | $@ -Werror -fstack-usage -x c - -c -o $TMP >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+							&& echo "y"
+int main(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+END
+
+rm -f $TMP $TMP.su