diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
index 331727d62c..15fc7ff724 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto.inc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION ??= "-yocto-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}"
 # Pick up shared functions
 inherit kernel
 inherit kernel-yocto
+inherit pkgconfig
 
 B = "${WORKDIR}/linux-${PACKAGE_ARCH}-${LINUX_KERNEL_TYPE}-build"
 
@@ -57,3 +58,6 @@ do_install:append(){
 
 # enable kernel-sample for oeqa/runtime/cases's ksample.py test
 KERNEL_FEATURES:append:qemuall=" features/kernel-sample/kernel-sample.scc"
+
+KERNEL_DEBUG_OPTIONS ?= "stack"
+KERNEL_EXTRA_ARGS:append:x86-64 = "${@bb.utils.contains('KERNEL_DEBUG_OPTIONS', 'stack', 'HOST_LIBELF_LIBS="-L${RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/../../../usr/lib/ -lelf"', '', d)}"