diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70de144..6d40f3a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -622,6 +622,11 @@
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks,)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,maybe-uninitialized,)
 
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Os
 else
@@ -809,6 +814,10 @@
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
+ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, --gc-sections,)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif