diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 6c37933336a0..c918538110ed 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ CFLAGS_kobject.o += -DDEBUG
 CFLAGS_kobject_uevent.o += -DDEBUG
 endif
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED) += debug_info.o
+CFLAGS_debug_info.o += $(call cc-option, -femit-struct-debug-detailed=any)
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP) += pci_iomap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
diff --git a/lib/debug_info.c b/lib/debug_info.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2edbe27517ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/debug_info.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * This file exists solely to ensure debug information for some core
+ * data structures is included in the final image even for
+ * CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED. Please do not add actual code. However,
+ * adding appropriate #includes is fine.
+ */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include <linux/cred.h>
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/fscache-cache.h>
+#include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <net/addrconf.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>