diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 39ffd218e960..7bad297b48fb 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ endchoice # "Compressed Debug information"
 config DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
 	bool "Produce split debuginfo in .dwo files"
 	depends on $(cc-option,-gsplit-dwarf)
+	# RISC-V linker relaxation + -gsplit-dwarf has issues with LLVM and GCC
+	# prior to 12.x:
+	# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56642
+	# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99090
+	depends on !RISCV || GCC_VERSION >= 120000
 	help
 	  Generate debug info into separate .dwo files. This significantly
 	  reduces the build directory size for builds with DEBUG_INFO,