diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d5c0ab9ed5c..6b8e9fca2752 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ endif
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG
 ifdef CONFIG_LTO_CLANG_THIN
 CC_FLAGS_LTO	:= -flto=thin -fsplit-lto-unit
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--lto-whole-program-visibility -mllvm -always-rename-promoted-locals=false)
 else
 CC_FLAGS_LTO	:= -flto
 endif