diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 4af1b42ef62e..5b55d876af03 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
 #
 mainmenu "Linux/$(ARCH) $(KERNELVERSION) Kernel Configuration"
 
+comment "Compiler: $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"
+
 source "arch/$(SRCARCH)/Kconfig"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58afa07bdf40..defb383d8f6c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -442,6 +442,8 @@ export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
 export KBUILD_ARFLAGS
 
+export CC_VERSION_TEXT := $(shell $(CC) --version | head -n 1)
+
 # When compiling out-of-tree modules, put MODVERDIR in the module
 # tree rather than in the kernel tree. The kernel tree might
 # even be read-only.
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
index 6a15c4dcc746..a992f8e94887 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 mainmenu "User Mode Linux/$(SUBARCH) $(KERNELVERSION) Kernel Configuration"
 
+comment "Compiler: $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"
+
 source "arch/um/Kconfig.common"
 
 menu "UML-specific options"