diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
index 868805ffcfea..4ea705a331c7 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,14 @@ core-$(CONFIG_ARC_PLAT_TB10X)	+= arch/arc/plat-tb10x/
 core-$(CONFIG_ARC_PLAT_AXS10X)	+= arch/arc/plat-axs10x/
 core-$(CONFIG_ARC_SOC_HSDK)	+= arch/arc/plat-hsdk/
 
-libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/ $(LIBGCC)
+libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/
+
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+export LIBGCC := $(LIBGCC)
+libs-y		+= arch/arc/lib/libgcc.a
+else
+libs-y		+= $(LIBGCC)
+endif
 
 boot		:= arch/arc/boot
 
diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/Makefile b/arch/arc/lib/Makefile
index 30158ae69fd4..2807ee24f27e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/lib/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2)		+=memcpy-archs-unaligned.o
 else
 lib-$(CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2)		+=memcpy-archs.o
 endif
+
+# libgcc can contain complex floating-point debug types unsupported by BTF.
+# Strip only the debug information from a local copy of the selected archive.
+always-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF) += libgcc.a
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_libgcc.a := --strip-debug
+
+$(obj)/libgcc.a: $(LIBGCC) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)