diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
index 777f900241..5877048916 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-arch.bbclass
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ TARGET_LD_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
 HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
 HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= ""
+HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 
 KERNEL_CC = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc ${HOST_CC_KERNEL_ARCH} -fuse-ld=bfd ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP} -fdebug-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH} -fdebug-prefix-map=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}=${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"
 KERNEL_LD = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ld.bfd ${HOST_LD_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 KERNEL_AR = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}ar ${HOST_AR_KERNEL_ARCH}"
+KERNEL_OBJCOPY = "${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}objcopy ${HOST_OBJCOPY_KERNEL_ARCH}"
 TOOLCHAIN ?= "gcc"
 
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
index b2117de805..4d0ecb1032 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-devicetree.bbclass
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ do_compile:append() {
 
 	for dtbf in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
 		dtb=`normalize_dtb "$dtbf"`
-		oe_runmake $dtb CC="${KERNEL_CC} $cc_extra " LD="${KERNEL_LD}" ${KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS}
+		oe_runmake $dtb CC="${KERNEL_CC} $cc_extra " LD="${KERNEL_LD}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" ${KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS}
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-uboot.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-uboot.bbclass
index 4aab02671e..30a85ccc28 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-uboot.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-uboot.bbclass
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ uboot_prep_kimage() {
 		linux_comp="${FIT_KERNEL_COMP_ALG}"
 	fi
 
-	[ -n "${vmlinux_path}" ] && ${OBJCOPY} -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S "${vmlinux_path}" linux.bin
+	[ -n "${vmlinux_path}" ] && ${KERNEL_OBJCOPY} -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S "${vmlinux_path}" linux.bin
 
 	if [ "${linux_comp}" != "none" ] ; then
 		if [ "${linux_comp}" = "gzip" ] ; then
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 7de99cff56..108b7e6752 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ do_kernel_configme() {
 		bbfatal_log "Could not find configuration queue (${meta_dir}/config.queue)"
 	fi
 
-	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}" HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCPP="${BUILD_CPP}" CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" ARCH=${ARCH} merge_config.sh -O ${B} ${config_flags} ${configs} > ${meta_dir}/cfg/merge_config_build.log 2>&1
+	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}" HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCPP="${BUILD_CPP}" CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" ARCH=${ARCH} merge_config.sh -O ${B} ${config_flags} ${configs} > ${meta_dir}/cfg/merge_config_build.log 2>&1
 	if [ $? -ne 0 -o ! -f ${B}/.config ]; then
 		bberror "Could not generate a .config for ${KMACHINE}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
 		if [ ${KCONF_AUDIT_LEVEL} -gt 1 ]; then
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ python do_config_analysis() {
     env['PATH'] = "%s:%s%s" % (d.getVar('PATH'), s, "/scripts/util/")
     env['LD'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_LD')
     env['CC'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC')
+    env['OBJCOPY'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_OBJCOPY')
     env['ARCH'] = d.getVar('ARCH')
     env['srctree'] = s
 
@@ -550,6 +551,7 @@ python do_kernel_configcheck() {
     env['PATH'] = "%s:%s%s" % (d.getVar('PATH'), s, "/scripts/util/")
     env['LD'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_LD')
     env['CC'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC')
+    env['OBJCOPY'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_OBJCOPY')
     env['ARCH'] = d.getVar('ARCH')
     env['srctree'] = s
 
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
index 4fbe84c4e4..3f9c6c00e6 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel.bbclass
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ UBOOT_LOADADDRESS ?= "${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}"
 # Some Linux kernel configurations need additional parameters on the command line
 KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS ?= ""
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}"'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}"'
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}" HOSTLDFLAGS="${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" HOSTCPP="${BUILD_CPP}"'
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += ' HOSTCXX="${BUILD_CXX}" HOSTCXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}" PAHOLE=false'
 
diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/module.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/module.bbclass
index d52d5e3098..b3b852be5f 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/module.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/module.bbclass
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ python do_devshell:prepend () {
     os.environ['CC'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC')
     os.environ['LD'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_LD')
     os.environ['AR'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_AR')
+    os.environ['OBJCOPY'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_OBJCOPY')
     os.environ['O'] = d.getVar('STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR')
     kbuild_extra_symbols = d.getVar('KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS')
     if kbuild_extra_symbols:
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ module_do_compile() {
 	oe_runmake KERNEL_PATH=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}   \
 		   KERNEL_VERSION=${KERNEL_VERSION}    \
 		   CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
-		   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
+		   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
 	           O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} \
 		   KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS="${KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS}" \
 		   ${MAKE_TARGETS}
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ module_do_install() {
 	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS
 	oe_runmake DEPMOD=echo MODLIB="${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}" \
 	           INSTALL_FW_PATH="${D}${nonarch_base_libdir}/firmware" \
-	           CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
+	           CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
 	           O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} \
 	           ${MODULES_INSTALL_TARGET}
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
index 38282e58f1..28e0807d1d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ EXTRA_OEMAKE += " HOSTCXX="${BUILD_CXX} ${BUILD_CXXFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}" CROS
 do_configure() {
 	unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS
 	for t in prepare scripts_basic scripts; do
-		oe_runmake CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
+		oe_runmake CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
+		AR="${KERNEL_AR}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
 		-C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} $t
 	done
 }
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
index 2181e45a8d..efe359ec32 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/systemtap/systemtap-uprobes_git.bb
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ do_compile() {
 	then
 		unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CC LD CPP
 		oe_runmake CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
-			   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
+			   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
 			   -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} scripts
 		oe_runmake KDIR=${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}   \
 			   M="${S}/runtime/uprobes/" \
 			   CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
-			   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" \
+			   AR="${KERNEL_AR}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
 			   -C "${S}/runtime/uprobes/"
 	fi
 }