diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f4ef2eb56f38..d0884a5d49b9 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3407,6 +3407,7 @@ F:	net/sched/act_bpf.c
 F:	net/sched/cls_bpf.c
 F:	samples/bpf/
 F:	scripts/bpf_doc.py
+F:	scripts/pahole-version.sh
 F:	tools/bpf/
 F:	tools/lib/bpf/
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a4144393717b..dafc3ba6fa7a 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ config CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE
 config CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR
 	def_bool $(success,echo '__attribute__((no_profile_instrument_function)) int x();' | $(CC) -x c - -c -o /dev/null -Werror)
 
+config PAHOLE_VERSION
+	int
+	default $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/pahole-version.sh $(PAHOLE))
+
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
 
diff --git a/scripts/pahole-version.sh b/scripts/pahole-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..f8a32ab93ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pahole-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Usage: $ ./pahole-version.sh pahole
+#
+# Prints pahole's version in a 3-digit form, such as 119 for v1.19.
+
+if [ ! -x "$(command -v "$@")" ]; then
+	echo 0
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+"$@" --version | sed -E 's/v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1\2/'