diff --git a/include/kernel-defaults.mk b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
index 24d26308b1..d37787a44b 100644
--- a/include/kernel-defaults.mk
+++ b/include/kernel-defaults.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ KERNEL_MAKEOPTS := -C $(LINUX_DIR) \
 	ARCH="$(LINUX_KARCH)" \
 	KBUILD_HAVE_NLS=no \
 	CONFIG_SHELL="$(BASH)" \
-	$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='')
+	$(if $(findstring c,$(OPENWRT_VERBOSE)),V=1,V='') \
+	$(if $(PKG_BUILD_ID),LDFLAGS_MODULE=--build-id=0x$(PKG_BUILD_ID))
 
 ifdef CONFIG_STRIP_KERNEL_EXPORTS
   KERNEL_MAKEOPTS += \
diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 819bea5f5a..7710fb4d9d 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@ else
       STRIP:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/sstrip
     endif
   endif
-  RSTRIP:= \
+  RSTRIP= \
     export CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
+		$(if $(PKG_BUILD_ID),KEEP_BUILD_ID=1) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_KALLSYMS),NO_RENAME=1) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_PROFILING),KEEP_SYMBOLS=1); \
     NM="$(TARGET_CROSS)nm" \
diff --git a/scripts/strip-kmod.sh b/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
index 13e6b58007..e3f13bee47 100755
--- a/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
+++ b/scripts/strip-kmod.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ else
 	ARGS="-x -G __this_module --strip-unneeded"
 fi
 
+if [ -z "$KEEP_BUILD_ID" ]; then
+    ARGS="$ARGS -R .note.gnu.build-id"
+fi
+
 ${CROSS}objcopy \
 	-R .comment \
 	-R .pdr \
 	-R .mdebug.abi32 \
-	-R .note.gnu.build-id \
 	-R .gnu.attributes \
 	-R .reginfo \
 	$ARGS \