diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index d7a7bc3b6098..1e78faaf20a5 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_BTF
 	  Turning this on expects presence of pahole tool, which will convert
 	  DWARF type info into equivalent deduplicated BTF type info.
 
+config PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
+	def_bool $(success, test `$(PAHOLE) --version | sed -E 's/v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1\2/'` -ge "119")
+
+config DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
+	def_bool y
+	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && MODULES && PAHOLE_HAS_SPLIT_BTF
+	help
+	  Generate compact split BTF type information for kernel modules.
+
 config GDB_SCRIPTS
 	bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index ae01baf96f4e..02b892421f7a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 PHONY := __modfinal
 __modfinal:
 
+include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 # for c_flags
@@ -36,8 +37,23 @@ quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
 		-T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^);		\
 	$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
 
-$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds FORCE
-	+$(call if_changed,ld_ko_o)
+quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@
+      cmd_btf_ko = LLVM_OBJCOPY=$(OBJCOPY) $(PAHOLE) -J --btf_base vmlinux $@
+
+# Same as newer-prereqs, but allows to exclude specified extra dependencies
+newer_prereqs_except = $(filter-out $(PHONY) $(1),$?)
+
+# Same as if_changed, but allows to exclude specified extra dependencies
+if_changed_except = $(if $(call newer_prereqs_except,$(2))$(cmd-check),      \
+	$(cmd);                                                              \
+	printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd, @:)
+
+# Re-generate module BTFs if either module's .ko or vmlinux changed
+$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds vmlinux FORCE
+	+$(call if_changed_except,ld_ko_o,vmlinux)
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
+	+$(if $(newer-prereqs),$(call cmd,btf_ko))
+endif
 
 targets += $(modules) $(modules:.ko=.mod.o)