diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index a04f1c18b58c..edb39edd0241 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ $(obj)/version.o: include/generated/compile.h
 silent_chk_compile.h = :
 include/generated/compile.h: FORCE
 	@$($(quiet)chk_compile.h)
-	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@ \
-	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)"
+	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@	\
+	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)"	\
+	"$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" "$(LD)"
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 959199c3147e..29a1589e2f0b 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ARCH=$2
 SMP=$3
 PREEMPT=$4
 CC=$5
+LD=$6
 
 vecho() { [ "${quiet}" = "silent_" ] || echo "$@" ; }
 
@@ -77,7 +78,10 @@ UTS_TRUNCATE="cut -b -$UTS_LEN"
   echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_BY \"`echo $LINUX_COMPILE_BY | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
   echo \#define LINUX_COMPILE_HOST \"`echo $LINUX_COMPILE_HOST | $UTS_TRUNCATE`\"
 
-  echo \#define LINUX_COMPILER \"`$CC -v 2>&1 | grep ' version ' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//'`\"
+  CC_VERSION=$($CC -v 2>&1 | grep ' version ' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  LD_VERSION=$($LD -v | head -n1 | sed 's/(compatible with [^)]*)//' \
+		      | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
+  printf '#define LINUX_COMPILER "%s"\n' "$CC_VERSION, $LD_VERSION"
 ) > .tmpcompile
 
 # Only replace the real compile.h if the new one is different,