diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc5b7e39fde4..2b161f5a5a66 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -580,7 +580,9 @@ ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),)
 ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
 endif
-ifneq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
+ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
+CLANG_FLAGS	+= -integrated-as
+else
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= -no-integrated-as
 GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)elfedit))
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE))
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index ecfd3520b676..555b4f09a9b2 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -631,8 +631,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN
 config HAS_LTO_CLANG
 	def_bool y
 	# Clang >= 11: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/510
-	depends on CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 110000 && LD_IS_LLD
-	depends on $(success,test $(LLVM_IAS) -eq 1)
+	depends on CC_IS_CLANG && CLANG_VERSION >= 110000 && LD_IS_LLD && AS_IS_LLVM
 	depends on $(success,$(NM) --help | head -n 1 | grep -qi llvm)
 	depends on $(success,$(AR) --help | head -n 1 | grep -qi llvm)
 	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 5f5c776ef192..019c1874e609 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ config CLANG_VERSION
 	default $(cc-version) if CC_IS_CLANG
 	default 0
 
+config AS_IS_GNU
+	def_bool $(success,test "$(as-name)" = GNU)
+
+config AS_IS_LLVM
+	def_bool $(success,test "$(as-name)" = LLVM)
+
+config AS_VERSION
+	int
+	# Use clang version if this is the integrated assembler
+	default CLANG_VERSION if AS_IS_LLVM
+	default $(as-version)
+
 config LD_IS_BFD
 	def_bool $(success,test "$(ld-name)" = BFD)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index 58fdb5308725..0496efd6e117 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ $(error-if,$(success,test -z "$(cc-info)"),Sorry$(comma) this compiler is not su
 cc-name := $(shell,set -- $(cc-info) && echo $1)
 cc-version := $(shell,set -- $(cc-info) && echo $2)
 
+# Get the assembler name, version, and error out if it is not supported.
+as-info := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/as-version.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS))
+$(error-if,$(success,test -z "$(as-info)"),Sorry$(comma) this assembler is not supported.)
+as-name := $(shell,set -- $(as-info) && echo $1)
+as-version := $(shell,set -- $(as-info) && echo $2)
+
 # Get the linker name, version, and error out if it is not supported.
 ld-info := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/ld-version.sh $(LD))
 $(error-if,$(success,test -z "$(ld-info)"),Sorry$(comma) this linker is not supported.)
diff --git a/scripts/as-version.sh b/scripts/as-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8b9410e329df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/as-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Print the assembler name and its version in a 5 or 6-digit form.
+# Also, perform the minimum version check.
+# (If it is the integrated assembler, return 0 as the version, and
+# skip the version check.)
+
+set -e
+
+# Convert the version string x.y.z to a canonical 5 or 6-digit form.
+get_canonical_version()
+{
+	IFS=.
+	set -- $1
+
+	# If the 2nd or 3rd field is missing, fill it with a zero.
+	#
+	# The 4th field, if present, is ignored.
+	# This occurs in development snapshots as in 2.35.1.20201116
+	echo $((10000 * $1 + 100 * ${2:-0} + ${3:-0}))
+}
+
+# Clang fails to handle -Wa,--version unless -no-integrated-as is given.
+# We check -(f)integrated-as, expecting it is explicitly passed in for the
+# integrated assembler case.
+check_integrated_as()
+{
+	while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+		if [ "$1" = -integrated-as -o "$1" = -fintegrated-as ]; then
+			# For the intergrated assembler, we do not check the
+			# version here. It is the same as the clang version, and
+			# it has been already checked by scripts/cc-version.sh.
+			echo LLVM 0
+			exit 0
+		fi
+		shift
+	done
+}
+
+check_integrated_as "$@"
+
+orig_args="$@"
+
+# Get the first line of the --version output.
+IFS='
+'
+set -- $(LC_ALL=C "$@" -Wa,--version -c -x assembler /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Split the line on spaces.
+IFS=' '
+set -- $1
+
+min_tool_version=$(dirname $0)/min-tool-version.sh
+
+if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = assembler ]; then
+	shift $(($# - 1))
+	version=$1
+	min_version=$($min_tool_version binutils)
+	name=GNU
+else
+	echo "$orig_args: unknown assembler invoked" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Some distributions append a package release number, as in 2.34-4.fc32
+# Trim the hyphen and any characters that follow.
+version=${version%-*}
+
+cversion=$(get_canonical_version $version)
+min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $min_version)
+
+if [ "$cversion" -lt "$min_cversion" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "*** Assembler is too old."
+	echo >&2 "***   Your $name assembler version:    $version"
+	echo >&2 "***   Minimum $name assembler version: $min_version"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo $name $cversion
diff --git a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
index 39e65fee59bd..f6d543725f1e 100755
--- a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
+++ b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ if arg_contain -E "$@"; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# To set CONFIG_AS_IS_GNU
+if arg_contain -Wa,--version "$@"; then
+	echo "GNU assembler (scripts/dummy-tools) 2.50"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 if arg_contain -S "$@"; then
 	# For scripts/gcc-x86-*-has-stack-protector.sh
 	if arg_contain -fstack-protector "$@"; then