diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 209ba12..31bb1eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@
         endif
 endif
 
+ifdef CONFIG_X86_X32
+	x32_ld_ok := $(call try-run,\
+			/bin/echo -e '1: .quad 1b' | \
+			$(CC) $(KBUILD_AFLAGS) -c -xassembler -o "$$TMP" - && \
+			$(OBJCOPY) -O elf32-x86-64 "$$TMP" "$$TMPO" && \
+			$(LD) -m elf32_x86_64 "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",y,n)
+	ifeq ($(x32_ld_ok),y)
+		CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI := y
+		KBUILD_AFLAGS += -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
+		KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
+	else
+		$(warning CONFIG_X86_X32 enabled but no binutils support)
+	endif
+endif
+export CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI
+
 # Don't unroll struct assignments with kmemcheck enabled
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_KMEMCHECK),y)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-builtin-memcpy)