diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index 4f727eb..f742c65 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -37,12 +37,40 @@
 	fi
 }
 
+# Thin archive build here makes a final archive with
+# symbol table and indexes from vmlinux objects, which can be
+# used as input to linker.
+#
+# Traditional incremental style of link does not require this step
+#
+# built-in.o output file
+#
+archive_builtin()
+{
+	if [ -n "${CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES}" ]; then
+		info AR built-in.o
+		rm -f built-in.o;
+		${AR} rcsT${KBUILD_ARFLAGS} built-in.o			\
+					${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}		\
+					${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}
+	fi
+}
+
 # Link of vmlinux.o used for section mismatch analysis
 # ${1} output file
 modpost_link()
 {
-	${LD} ${LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}                   \
-		--start-group ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN} --end-group
+	local objects
+
+	if [ -n "${CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES}" ]; then
+		objects="--whole-archive built-in.o"
+	else
+		objects="${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}				\
+			--start-group					\
+			${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}				\
+			--end-group"
+	fi
+	${LD} ${LDFLAGS} -r -o ${1} ${objects}
 }
 
 # Link of vmlinux
@@ -51,18 +79,36 @@
 vmlinux_link()
 {
 	local lds="${objtree}/${KBUILD_LDS}"
+	local objects
 
 	if [ "${SRCARCH}" != "um" ]; then
-		${LD} ${LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}                  \
-			-T ${lds} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}                     \
-			--start-group ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN} --end-group ${1}
+		if [ -n "${CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES}" ]; then
+			objects="--whole-archive built-in.o ${1}"
+		else
+			objects="${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}			\
+				--start-group				\
+				${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}			\
+				--end-group				\
+				${1}"
+		fi
+
+		${LD} ${LDFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}		\
+			-T ${lds} ${objects}
 	else
-		${CC} ${CFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}                              \
-			-Wl,-T,${lds} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}                 \
-			-Wl,--start-group                                    \
-				 ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}                      \
-			-Wl,--end-group                                      \
-			-lutil -lrt -lpthread ${1}
+		if [ -n "${CONFIG_THIN_ARCHIVES}" ]; then
+			objects="-Wl,--whole-archive built-in.o ${1}"
+		else
+			objects="${KBUILD_VMLINUX_INIT}			\
+				-Wl,--start-group			\
+				${KBUILD_VMLINUX_MAIN}			\
+				-Wl,--end-group				\
+				${1}"
+		fi
+
+		${CC} ${CFLAGS_vmlinux} -o ${2}				\
+			-Wl,-T,${lds}					\
+			${objects}					\
+			-lutil -lrt -lpthread
 		rm -f linux
 	fi
 }
@@ -119,6 +165,7 @@
 	rm -f .tmp_kallsyms*
 	rm -f .tmp_version
 	rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
+	rm -f built-in.o
 	rm -f System.map
 	rm -f vmlinux
 	rm -f vmlinux.o
@@ -162,6 +209,8 @@
 	. "./${KCONFIG_CONFIG}"
 esac
 
+archive_builtin
+
 #link vmlinux.o
 info LD vmlinux.o
 modpost_link vmlinux.o