diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 0ff6a46..cef4f7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -238,3 +238,10 @@ KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN
 All object files for the main part of vmlinux.
 KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT and KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN together specify
 all the object files used to link vmlinux.
+
+KDEB_NO_HEADERS, KDEB_NO_LIBC_HEADERS, KDEB_NO_FIRMWARE
+-------------------------------------------------------
+If these variables are set, the deb-pkg and bindeb-pkg targets won't create
+linux-headers, linux-libc-dev and linux-firmware packages respectively. This
+may be useful for developers who use the deb-pkg targets in their workflow
+but don't need the full set of packages.
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index d600fd0..da595da 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$ARCH" != "um" ]; then
 	$MAKE headers_check KBUILD_SRC=
-	$MAKE headers_install KBUILD_SRC= INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$libc_headers_dir/usr"
+	if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_LIBC_HEADERS" ]; then
+		$MAKE headers_install KBUILD_SRC= INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$libc_headers_dir/usr"
+	fi
 fi
 
 # Install the maintainer scripts
@@ -324,26 +326,27 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # Build kernel header package
-(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find arch/*/include include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-(cd $srctree; find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
-if grep -q '^CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then
-	(cd $objtree; find tools/objtool -type f -executable) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-fi
-(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-if grep -q '^CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then
-	(cd $objtree; find scripts/gcc-plugins -name \*.so -o -name gcc-common.h) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
-fi
-destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
-mkdir -p "$destdir"
-(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
-ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
-rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
+if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_HEADERS" ]; then
+	(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile\* -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl) > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+	(cd $srctree; find arch/*/include include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+	(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH -name module.lds -o -name Kbuild.platforms -o -name Platform) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+	(cd $srctree; find $(find arch/$SRCARCH -name include -o -name scripts -type d) -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles"
+	if grep -q '^CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then
+		(cd $objtree; find tools/objtool -type f -executable) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
+	fi
+	(cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
+	if grep -q '^CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS=y' $KCONFIG_CONFIG ; then
+		(cd $objtree; find scripts/gcc-plugins -name \*.so -o -name gcc-common.h) >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
+	fi
+	destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
+	mkdir -p "$destdir"
+	(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+	(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T -) < "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+	(cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be
+	ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
+	rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
 
-cat <<EOF >> debian/control
+	cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $kernel_headers_packagename
 Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6
@@ -353,13 +356,13 @@ Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on \${kernel:debarch}
  .
  This is useful for people who need to build external modules
 EOF
+fi
 
 # Do we have firmware? Move it out of the way and build it into a package.
 if [ -e "$tmpdir/lib/firmware" ]; then
-	mv "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"/* "$fwdir/lib/firmware/$version/"
-	rmdir "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"
-
-	cat <<EOF >> debian/control
+	if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_FIRMWARE" ]; then
+		mv "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"/* "$fwdir/lib/firmware/$version/"
+		cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $fwpackagename
 Architecture: all
@@ -367,10 +370,13 @@ Description: Linux kernel firmware, version $version
  This package contains firmware from the Linux kernel, version $version.
 EOF
 
-	create_package "$fwpackagename" "$fwdir"
+		create_package "$fwpackagename" "$fwdir"
+	fi
+	rm -r "$tmpdir/lib/firmware"
 fi
 
-cat <<EOF >> debian/control
+if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_LIBC_HEADERS" ]; then
+	cat <<EOF >> debian/control
 
 Package: $libc_headers_packagename
 Section: devel
@@ -380,10 +386,15 @@ Description: Linux support headers for userspace development
  This package provides userspaces headers from the Linux kernel.  These headers
  are used by the installed headers for GNU glibc and other system libraries.
 EOF
+fi
 
 if [ "$ARCH" != "um" ]; then
-	create_package "$kernel_headers_packagename" "$kernel_headers_dir"
-	create_package "$libc_headers_packagename" "$libc_headers_dir"
+	if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_HEADERS" ]; then
+		create_package "$kernel_headers_packagename" "$kernel_headers_dir"
+	fi
+	if [ -z "$KDEB_NO_LIBC_HEADERS" ]; then
+		create_package "$libc_headers_packagename" "$libc_headers_dir"
+	fi
 fi
 
 create_package "$packagename" "$tmpdir"
