diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
index 2d1fc03d346e..3e7467b19c8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ HOSTLDLIBS
 ----------
 Additional libraries to link against when building host programs.
 
+USERCFLAGS
+----------
+Additional options used for $(CC) when compiling userprogs.
+
+USERLDFLAGS
+----------
+Additional options used for $(LD) when linking userprogs. userprogs are linked
+with CC, so $(USERLDFLAGS) should include "-Wl," prefix as applicable.
+
 KBUILD_KCONFIG
 --------------
 Set the top-level Kconfig file to the value of this environment
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
index b008b90b92c9..39fb70f59429 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ The syntax is quite similar. The difference is to use "userprogs" instead of
 
 	When linking bpfilter_umh, it will be passed the extra option -static.
 
+	From command line, USERCFLAGS and USERLDFLAGS will also be used (See kbuild.rst)
+
 5.4 When userspace programs are actually built
 ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 45278d508d81..8a2324e6bda8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -431,15 +431,17 @@ HOSTCC	= gcc
 HOSTCXX	= g++
 endif
 
-export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
-			      -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
-export KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS :=
+KBUILD_USERCFLAGS := -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes \
+		     -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -std=gnu89
+KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS := $(USERLDFLAGS)
 
 KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS   := $(KBUILD_USERCFLAGS) $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS := -Wall -O2 $(HOST_LFS_CFLAGS) $(HOSTCXXFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS  := $(HOST_LFS_LDFLAGS) $(HOSTLDFLAGS)
 KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS   := $(HOST_LFS_LIBS) $(HOSTLDLIBS)
 
+KBUILD_USERCFLAGS   += $(USERCFLAGS)
+
 # Make variables (CC, etc...)
 CPP		= $(CC) -E
 ifneq ($(LLVM),)
@@ -530,6 +532,7 @@ export CPP AR NM STRIP OBJCOPY OBJDUMP READELF PAHOLE RESOLVE_BTFIDS LEX YACC AW
 export PERL PYTHON3 CHECK CHECKFLAGS MAKE UTS_MACHINE HOSTCXX
 export KGZIP KBZIP2 KLZOP LZMA LZ4 XZ ZSTD
 export KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS LDFLAGS_MODULE
+export KBUILD_USERCFLAGS KBUILD_USERLDFLAGS
 
 export KBUILD_CPPFLAGS NOSTDINC_FLAGS LINUXINCLUDE OBJCOPYFLAGS KBUILD_LDFLAGS
 export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f2ae41e6717f..164706c38e8b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ config LLD_VERSION
 
 config CC_CAN_LINK
 	bool
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m64-flag)) if 64BIT
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m32-flag))
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m64-flag)) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m32-flag))
 
 config CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
 	bool
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m64-flag) -static) if 64BIT
-	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(m32-flag) -static)
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m64-flag) -static) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/cc-can-link.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) $(USERCFLAGS) $(USERLDFLAGS) $(m32-flag) -static)
 
 config CC_HAS_ASM_GOTO
 	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC))
diff --git a/usr/include/Makefile b/usr/include/Makefile
index 1c2ae1368079..6a8c7dd9ccaf 100644
--- a/usr/include/Makefile
+++ b/usr/include/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ UAPI_CFLAGS := -std=c90 -Wall -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
 # It is here just because CONFIG_CC_CAN_LINK is tested with -m32 or -m64.
 UAPI_CFLAGS += $(filter -m32 -m64, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
 
+# USERCFLAGS might contain sysroot location for CC
+UAPI_CFLAGS += $(USERCFLAGS)
+
 override c_flags = $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) -I$(objtree)/usr/include
 
 # The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.
